trap
English
/tɹæp/, [t̠ɹ̝̊äp]
noun
Definitions
- A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.
- A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
- A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
- (now) A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
- A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
- The game of trapball itself.
- Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
- A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for lack of an outlet.
- (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- (slang) A person's mouth.
- (in the plural) Belongings.
- (slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
- (sports) Trapshooting.
- (geology) A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
- (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
- (Australia) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- (US) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g. "a trap phone", "a trap car".
- (slang) A fictional character from anime, or related media, who is coded as or has qualities typically associated with a gender other than the character's ostensible gender; otokonoko.
- (slang) A trans woman, transfeminine person, or crossdressing man.
- (music genre) A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.
- (slang) The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English trappe (trappings, gear, personal belongings) inherited from Old English træppe inherited from Proto-Germanic *trap- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *drem-, *dremb- (run).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*drem-, *dremb-
Gloss
run
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Foxtrap English
- Kafka English
- Kafkatrap English
- ant English
- ball English
- bear English
- beartrap English
- betrap English
- bum English
- bumtrap English
- clap#Verb English
- claptrap English
- claptrappery English
- claptrappy English
- cryotrap English
- death English
- deathtrap English
- detrap English
- door English
- drain English
- draintrap English
- entrap English
- entrapment English
- entrapper English
- entrappest English
- entrappeth English
- fire English
- firetrap English
- fish English
- fish trap English
- fish-trap English
- fly English
- flytrap English
- fox English
- hole English
- house English
- intertrap English
- jaw English
- line English
- making English
- man English
- mantrap English
- microtrap English
- mouse English
- mousetrap English
- nanotrap English
- overtrap English
- ovitrap English
- rat English
- rattle English
- rattletrap English
- rattrap English
- retrap English
- shooter English
- shooting English
- spam English
- spamtrap English
- stick English
- sun English
- suntrap English
- trap house English
- trap-jaw ant English
- trapball English
- trapdoor English
- traphole English
- traphouse English
- trapless English
- traplike English
- trapline English
- trapmaking English
- trappable English
- trapper English
- trappest English
- trappeth English
- trappose English
- trappous English
- trappy English
- trapshooter English
- trapshooting English
- trapstick English
- trapt English
- treppe English
- untrap English
- untrappable English
- videotrap English
- walk English
- walktrap English
- trap Finnish
- trap-ammunta Finnish
- *trappa Latin
- trappa Latin
- Eisentreppe German
- Fischtreppe German
- Holztreppe German
- Lachstreppe German
- Rathaustreppe German
- Rolltreppe German
- Stahltreppe German
- Steintreppe German
- Treppe German
- Treppenabgang German
- Treppenabsatz German
- Treppenflucht German
- Treppenhaus German
- Treppennatter German
- Treppenschacht German
- Treppenstufe German
- Treppenwitz German
- Wendeltreppe German
- trap Dutch, Flemish
- trap Spanish, Castilian
- *dreb- Proto-Indo-European
- *drem-, *dremb- Proto-Indo-European
- trap Portuguese
- *trap- Proto-Germanic
- *trappō Proto-Germanic
- træppe Old English
- bitrappen Middle English
- mouse-trappe Middle English
- trappe Middle English
- entraper Old French
- traper Serbo-Croatian
- trapa Galician
- trapela Galician
- trappe Middle Dutch
- trappa Old High German
- trappe Middle High German
- treppe Middle High German
- *trappa Old Dutch
- trappe Middle Low German
- *trappa Frankish
- jaw
- ant
- rat
- fly
- bum
- fox
- sun
- man
- fire
- walk
- ball
- spam
- fish
- door
- hole
- line
- bear
- Kafka
- drain
- trapt
- death
- stick
- mouse
- house
- retrap
- rattle
- making
- entrap
- trappy
- detrap
- betrap
- treppe
- untrap
- trapper
- mantrap
- flytrap
- bumtrap
- ovitrap
- shooter
- suntrap
- rattrap
- Foxtrap
- cryotrap
- nanotrap
- spamtrap
- trappose
- traphole
- firetrap
- walktrap
- trappeth
- trapless
- shooting
- trappous
- trapball
- claptrap
- beartrap
- trapdoor
- trapline
- overtrap
- traplike
- trappest
- microtrap
- fish trap
- fish-trap
- mousetrap
- trappable
- intertrap
- clap#Verb
- videotrap
- trapstick
- traphouse
- deathtrap
- Kafkatrap
- entrapper
- draintrap
- trap house
- entrappeth
- entrappest
- trapmaking
- claptrappy
- rattletrap
- entrapment
- untrappable
- trapshooter
- claptrappery
- trapshooting
- trap-jaw ant