Mouse Trap Game Designed After

English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

enPR: trăp, IPA^(key): /tɹæp/, [tɹ̥æp], [tʃɹ̥æp]
(Northern English) IPA^(key): [t̠ɹ̝̊äp]
Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English trappe, from Old English træppe, treppe ( " trap, snare " ) (also in betræppan ( " to trap " )) from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- ( " to run " ).

Akin to Old High German trappa, trapa ( " trap, snare " ), Middle Dutch trappe ( " trap, snare " ), Middle Low German treppe ( " step, stair " ) (German Treppe "step, stair"), Old English treppan ( " to step, tread " ) and possibly Albanian trap ( " raft, channel, path " ). Connection to "step" is "that upon which one steps". French trappe and Spanish trampa are ultimately borrowings from Germanic.

Noun [edit]

trap (countable and uncountable, plural traps)

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.

Synonym: snare

I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.
A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.

Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.
- 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], "The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight", in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
  
  God and your majesty / Protect mine innocence, or I fall into / The trap is laid for me!
A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.

Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
( now rare ) A kind of movable stepladder or set of stairs.
- 1798 January 3, Edinburgh Weekly Journal, page 5:
  
  There is likewise a cabin trap with five steps.
- 1842, Ellison Jack (girl, age 11), quoted in The Condition and Treatment of the Children Employed in the Mines, page 48:
  
  "I have to bear my burthen up four traps, or ladders, before I get to the main road which leads to the pit bottom."
- 1847, David Low, Elements of Practical Agriculture, page 37
  
  They have very generally received the name of trap-rocks, because they often present the appearance of traps or stairs.
- 1867, The Children's hour, page 137:
  
  Little Alf turned at once, and bidding Frank good-bye, he went into the house, and climbed up the trap stair into his little room in the garret, and pondered in his heart these words of Dolly's.
- 1875, The Gardner: A Magazine of Horticulture and Floriculture, page 3:
  
  The labour and time that are saved by thus concentrating and placing the heating power in doing away with the running to so many points, and up and down so many stairs or traps in attending to a number of fires, is also well worth noticing.
- 1887, George G. Green, Gordonhaven, page 114:
  
  Coming near the door, Scorgie cautioned quietness, and pointing to a trap stair he motioned Mr. Love and Donald to ascend to the loft.
- 1889 (original 1886), Willock, Rosetty Ends, 29:
  
  Had climbed up the trap-stair, and was busy potterin' aboot.
- 1920, Soviet Russia, page 14:
  
  Tossing, the negro walks up the trap-ladder. But the emotions of a drunkard change quickly.
- 1960, Bernard Guilbert Guerney, An Anthology of Russian Literature in the Soviet Period from Gorki to Pasternak
  
  The stokers, breaking into excited talk, picked him up and dragged him up the trap ladder to the deck. The Canadian wiped the blood off Petka's injured forehead ...
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.

They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.
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.
( aviation, military, slang ) A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.

After 100 traps, the arresting cables have to be replaced to minimize the danger of a worn or fatigued cable snapping under an aircraft.
( historical ) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2
  
  The two women looked down the alley. At the end of the Bottoms a man stood in a sort of old-fashioned trap, bending over bundles of cream-coloured stuff; while a cluster of women held up their arms to him, some with bundles.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 51
  
  I had told them they could have my trap to take them as far as the road went, because after that they had a long walk.
- At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
( slang ) A person's mouth.

Keep your trap shut.
( in the plural ) Belongings.
- 1870, Mark Twain, Running for Governor,
  
  ...his cabin-mates in Montana losing small valuables from time to time, until at last, these things having been invariably found on Mr. Twain's person or in his "trunk" (newspaper he rolled his traps in)...
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, p. 144, [1]
  
  "Carry your traps out, Ma?" asked one of the passengers.
( slang ) A cubicle (in a public toilet).

I've just laid a cable in trap 2 so I'd give it 5 minutes if I were you.
( sports ) Trapshooting.
( geology ) A geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir.
( computing ) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
( Australia, slang, historical ) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
- 1996, Judith Kapferer, Being All Equal: Identity, Difference and Australian Cultural Practice, page 84,
  
  The miners′ grievances centred on the issue of the compulsory purchase of miners′ licences and the harassment of raids by the licensing police, the 'traps,' in search of unlicensed miners.
- 2006, Helen Calvert, Jenny Herbst, Ross Smith, Australia and the World: Thinking Historically, page 55,
  
  Diggers were angered by frequent licence inspections and harassment by 'the traps' (the goldfield police).
( US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive ) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.

trap car
( slang, informal, sometimes considered offensive ) 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.
- 2013, One Piece: Grand Line 3 Point 5, page 47:
  
  One way to spot a trap is to look for an adam's apple.
- 2010 July 20, Antonio E. Gonzalez, "Re:Moyashimon Live Action", in rec.arts.anime.misc, Usenet‎^[2]:
  
  Of course Kei would look like a young woman, that's how traps work!
- 2013 September 7, Bobbie Sellers, "Re: What's your favouite anime?", in rec.arts.manga, Usenet‎^[3]:
  
  I saw Episode 10 of the anime today. When it explains about the trap's problems in HS it was much clearer than the same section of the manga.
( music, uncountable ) A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.

Synonym: trap music
( slang, uncountable ) The money earned by a prostitute for a pimp.
- 2010, C. J. Land, A Hustler's Tale, page 54:
  
  The money clip held thirty-nine hundred dollars, combined with her trap money, she had five thousand dollars for her man.
- 2011, Shaheem Hargrove, Sharice Cuthrell, The Rise and Fall of a Ghetto Celebrity, page 55:
  
  The code was to call a pimp and tell him you have his hoe plus turn over her night trap but that was bull because the HOE was out of his stable months before I copped her.
- 2012 (original 1981), Alix Kates Shulman, On the Stroll: A Novel, Open Road Media (→ISBN):
  
  For the first time in the week since she'd been hooking she hadn't made her trap.

Antonyms [edit]

( aircraft-carrier landing ) : bolter

Derived terms [edit]

activity trap
beartrap/bear trap
booby trap
bus trap
deathtrap, death trap
firetrap
fish-trap
honey trap
mantrap
mess trap
mousetrap
offside trap
optical trap
P trap
radar trap
rattletrap
speed trap
S trap
tourist trap
trap car
trapdoor
trap house
trap music
trap phone
trap points
welfare trap

Translations [edit]

device designed to catch or kill animals

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: فَخّ‎ m ( faḵḵ )

Egyptian Arabic: فخ‎ m ( faḵḵ )
Armenian: թակարդ (hy) ( tʿakard ), ծուղակ (hy) ( cułak ), որոգայթ (hy) ( orogaytʿ )
Assamese: ফান্দ ( phando )
Azerbaijani: tələ (az), duzaq
Bashkir: тоҙаҡ ( toðaq )
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: па́стка f ( pástka )
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: parany (ca) m , trampa (ca) f
Cebuano: lit-ag
Chinese:

Mandarin: 陷阱 (zh) ( xiànjǐng ), 圈套 (zh) ( quāntào )
Czech: past (cs) f , léčka f
Dutch: val (nl) m
Esperanto: kaptilo
Estonian: püünis, lõks
Finnish: ansa (fi), loukku (fi), sadin (fi)
French: piège (fr) m , collet (fr) m
Galician: trampa f , trapela (gl) f , ichó m
Georgian: ხაფანგი ( xapangi ), მახე ( maxe )
German: Falle (de) f
Greek: παγίδα (el) f ( pagída ), δόκανο (el) n ( dókano )

Ancient: παγίς f ( pagís )
Hebrew: מלכודת‎
Higaonon: lit-ag
Hungarian: csapda (hu)
Italian: trappola (it), tranello (it) m
Japanese: 罠 (ja) ( わな, wana )
Khmer: អន្ទាក់ (km) ( ɑnteak )
Kikuyu: mũtego 3 , gĩterenge 7
Korean: 덫 (ko) ( deot ), 올가미 ( olgami ), 함정 (ko) ( hamjeong )

Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: تەڵە‎ (ku) ( telle )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: tenus n
Latvian: lamatas fpl , slazds m , murds m
Lithuanian: spąstai mpl , pinklės fpl
Luhya: kumutego
Lü: ᦟᦸᧄ ( loam ), ᦷᦢᧂᧉᦢᦱᧆ ( ḃong²ḃaad )
Macedonian: стапица f ( stapica )
Malay: jerat
Maori: tārore
Meru: mutego
Navajo: beeʼódleehí
Norwegian: felle (no)
Old English: fealle f
Persian: تله‎ (fa) ( tale ), نژنک‎ ( nažnak )
Polish: pułapka (pl) f , potrzask (pl) m , zapadnia f , matnia (pl) f
Portuguese: armadilha (pt) f , arapuca (pt) f
Russian: лову́шка (ru) f ( lovúška ), западня́ (ru) f ( zapadnjá ), капка́н (ru) m ( kapkán ) (leghold trap), сило́к (ru) m ( silók ) (noose trap)
Scottish Gaelic: ribe m
Serbo-Croatian: zamka (sh) f
Slovak: pasca (sk) f
Spanish: trampa (es) f , cepo (es) m
Swahili: mtego (sw)
Swedish: fälla (sv) c
Tagalog: bitag
Thai: กับ (th) ( gàp ), กับดัก ( gàp-dàk )
Tibetan: རྙི ( rnyi )
Turkish: tuzak (tr)
Ukrainian: па́стка (uk) f ( pástka ), ха́пка f ( xápka )
Vietnamese: bẫy (vi)
Welsh: trap m , magl m or f
Yup'ik: kapkaanaq

trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense

Arabic: فَخّ‎ m ( faḵḵ )

Egyptian Arabic: فخ‎ m ( faḵḵ )
Armenian: ծուղակ (hy) ( cułak ), որոգայթ (hy) ( orogaytʿ )
Catalan: trampa (ca) f , parany (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 陷阱 (zh) ( xiànjǐng ), 圈套 (zh) ( quāntào )
Dutch: val (nl) m
Estonian: lõks
Finnish: ansa (fi)
French: piège (fr) m , traquenard (fr) m , souricière (fr) f
German: Falle (de) f
Greek: παγίδα (el) f ( pagída )
Irish: dol

Italian: trappola (it) f , tranello (it) m
Japanese: 罠 (ja) ( わな, wana )
Macedonian: стапица f ( stapica )
Maori: pehipehi
Ngazidja Comorian: mgala 3 or 4
Old English: fealle f
Polish: pułapka (pl) f , zasadzka (pl) f
Portuguese: armadilha (pt) f , cilada (pt) f
Russian: лову́шка (ru) f ( lovúška ), западня́ (ru) f ( zapadnjá )
Scottish Gaelic: ribe m
Slovak: pasca (sk) f
Spanish: trampa (es) f
Swedish: fälla (sv) c

covering over a hole or opening; trapdoor

kind of movable stepladder

wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself

device used to hold and suddenly release an object

bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe to prevent the escape of noxious gases

place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet

Finnish: ansa (fi)

(historical) light two-wheeled carriage with springs

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Verb [edit]

trap (third-person singular simple present traps, present participle trapping, simple past and past participle trapped)

( transitive ) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
- 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, "Stents to Prevent Stroke", in American Scientist:
  
  As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn't entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
to trap foxes
( transitive ) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
( transitive ) To provide with a trap.

to trap a drain

to trap a sewer pipe
( intransitive ) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game.

trap for beaver
( aviation, military, slang, intransitive ) To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.

After three consecutive bolters, the pilot finally trapped successfully on the Nimitz.
( intransitive ) To leave suddenly, to flee.
( US, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular, intransitive ) To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.
( computing, intransitive ) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
( mining, dated ) To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:trap.

Antonyms [edit]

( land on an aircraft carrier ) :

bolter

Derived terms [edit]

betrap

Translations [edit]

to catch in a trap or traps

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Cherokee: ᎠᏌᏛᎥᏍᎦ ( asadvvsga )
Chinese:

Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: vangen (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ansastaa, pyytää ansoilla
French: piéger (fr), attraper (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: fangen (de)
Greek: παγιδεύω (el) ( pagidévo )

Ancient: παγιδεύω ( pagideúō )
Hebrew: לכד‎ (he) m ( lakhád )

Hungarian: csapdába ejt
Italian: intrappolare (it)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Khmer: ទាក់ (km) ( teak )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: łapać (pl)
Portuguese: prender (pt) m or f
Scottish Gaelic: rib (gd)
Spanish: atrapar (es)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Cherokee: ᎠᏌᏛᎥᏍᎦ ( asadvvsga )
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ajaa ansaan
French: piéger (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
Greek: παγιδεύω (el) ( pagidévo )
Italian: intrappolare (it)

Khmer: ទាក់ (km) ( teak )
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Neapolitan: fregà
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
Scottish Gaelic: rib (gd)
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game

computing:to capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it

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entrap
entrapment

References [edit]

1895, William Dwight Whitney, The Century Dictionary, page 6441, "trap": "A kind of movable ladder or steps: a ladder leading up to a loft."

Etymology 2 [edit]

Borrowed from Swedish trapp ( " step, stair, stairway " ), from Middle Low German trappe ( " stair, step " ).

Noun [edit]

trap (countable and uncountable, plural traps)

A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.

Derived terms [edit]

trappean
trappous
trappy

Etymology 3 [edit]

Akin to Middle English trappe ( " trappings, gear " ), and perhaps from Old Northern French trape, a byform of Old French drap, a word of the same origin as English drab ( " a kind of cloth " ).

Verb [edit]

trap (third-person singular simple present traps, present participle trapping, simple past and past participle trapped)

To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, Godiva
  
  There she found her palfrey trapt / In purple blazon'd with armorial gold.

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trapping

Etymology 4 [edit]

Shortening.

Noun [edit]

trap (plural traps)

( slang, bodybuilding ) The trapezius muscle.

Anagrams [edit]

part, part., patr-, prat, rapt, rtPA, tarp

Afrikaans [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Dutch trap, from Middle Dutch trappe, from Old Dutch *trappa, from Proto-Germanic *trappō, *trappōn.

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /trap/

Noun [edit]

trap (plural trappe, diminutive trappie)

stairs, staircase

Albanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Either a t- prefixed form of *rap, related to rrap (cf. Old Norse raptr ( " rafter " ), English raft), or akin to Proto-Germanic *trap-, compare Old High German trappa, trapa ( " trap, snare " ), German Treppe ( " step, stair " ), Old English treppan ( " to step, tread " ), English trap.

Noun [edit]

trap m

raft, ferry
thick grove
furrow, channel, ditch
path (on the mountains or in the woods)

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rrap

Czech [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈtrap]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Proto-Slavic *torpъ.

Noun [edit]

trap minan

trot

Synonyms: klus, poklus

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

trap minan

trap shooting

Etymology 3 [edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb [edit]

trap

second-person singular imperative of trápit

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /trɑp/
Hyphenation: trap
Rhymes: -ɑp

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle Dutch trappe, from Old Dutch *trappa, from Proto-Germanic *trappō, *trappōn, from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- ( " to run " ).

Noun [edit]

trap m (plural trappen, diminutive trapje n or trappetje n )

stairs, staircase
ladder
degree, grade
kick ( act of kicking )

Derived terms [edit]

nultrap
overtreffende trap
rekkingstrap
roltrap
stellende trap
trappenhuis
traptree
vergelijkende trap
vergrotende trap
voltrap

Descendants [edit]

Afrikaans: trap
Berbice Creole Dutch: trapu
Jersey Dutch: trāp
Negerhollands: trap
→ Indonesian: terap
→ Japanese: タラップ ( tarappu )
→ Russian: трап ( trap )

Verb [edit]

trap

first-person singular present indicative of trappen
imperative of trappen

Etymology 2 [edit]

From German Trappe, from Polish drop or Czech drop.

Noun [edit]

trap f (plural trappen, diminutive trapje n )

bustard

Anagrams [edit]

prat

Finnish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English trap.

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑp/, [ˈt̪rɑp]
IPA^(key): /ˈtræp/, [ˈt̪ræp]
Rhymes: -ɑp
Syllabification: trap

Noun [edit]

trap

trapshooting, trap ( type of shooting sport )
( ice hockey ) trap
- 2016 October 23, Juha Hiitelä, "Pilaako trap-puolustus jääkiekon? [Is the Trap Defence Ruining Ice Hockey?]", in Ilta-Sanomat‎^[4]:

Declension [edit]

Pronunciation /ˈt̪rɑp/:

Declension of trap (type risti)

	singular	plural
nominative	trap	trapit
genitive	trapin	trappien
partitive	trappia	trappeja
accusative	trap trapin	trapit
inessive	trapissa	trapeissa
elative	trapista	trapeista
illative	trappiin	trappeihin
adessive	trapilla	trapeilla
ablative	trapilta	trapeilta
allative	trapille	trapeille
essive	trappina	trappeina
translative	trapiksi	trapeiksi
instructive	–	trapein
abessive	trapitta	trapeitta
comitative	–	trappeineen

Pronunciation /ˈt̪ræp/:

Declension of trap (type risti)

	singular	plural
nominative	trap	trapit
genitive	trapin	trappien
partitive	trappiä	trappejä
accusative	trap trapin	trapit
inessive	trapissä	trapeissä
elative	trapistä	trapeistä
illative	trappiin	trappeihin
adessive	trapillä	trapeillä
ablative	trapiltä	trapeiltä
allative	trapille	trapeille
essive	trappinä	trappeinä
translative	trapiksi	trapeiksi
instructive	–	trapein
abessive	trapittä	trapeittä
comitative	–	trappeineen

French [edit]

Noun [edit]

trap m (uncountable)

trap ( music style )

Polish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /trap/
Hyphenation: trap
Rhymes: -ap

Etymology 1 [edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun [edit]

trap minan

( nautical ) gangway, gangplank, gangboard, accommodation ladder
trapdoor

Synonym: zapadnia

Declension [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb [edit]

trap

second-person singular imperative of trapić

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English trap.

Noun [edit]

trap m , f (plural traps)

trap (a transvestite or trans woman)

Noun [edit]

trap m (uncountable)

trap (music)

Spanish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From English trap.

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈtɾap/, [ˈt̪ɾap]

Noun [edit]

trap m (uncountable)

trap ( music )

Derived terms [edit]

trapero