trap

Noun

• a hazard on a golf course

• a light two-wheeled carriage

• informal terms for the mouth

• the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

• a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
  • the exam was full of trap questions
    
  • it was all a snare and delusion
    

• drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas

• a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned

Verb

• to hold fast or prevent from moving
  • The child was pinned under the fallen tree
    

• hold or catch as if in a trap
  • The gaps between the teeth trap food particles
    

• catch in or as if in a trap
  • The men trap foxes
    

• place in a confining or embarrassing position
  • He was trapped in a difficult situation
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bunker , sand trap , cakehole , hole , maw , yap , gob , ambush , ambuscade , lying in wait , snare , pin , immobilize , immobilise , entrap , ensnare , trammel , pin down