Antonyms for trap
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : trap |
| Phonetic Transcription : træp |
Definition of trap
Origin :- "contrivance for catching unawares," late Old English træppe "snare, trap," from Proto-Germanic *trap- (cf. Middle Dutch trappe "trap, snare"), related to Germanic words for "stair, step, tread" (cf. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German trappe, treppe, German Treppe "step, stair"). Probably akin to Old French trape, Spanish trampa "trap, pit, snare," but the exact relationship is uncertain. The connecting notion seems to be "that on which an animal steps." Sense of "deceitful practice, trickery" is first recorded c.1400. Sense in speed trap recorded from 1906. Slang meaning "mouth" is from 1776. Trap door "door in a floor or ceiling" (often hidden and leading to a passageway or secret place) is first attested late 14c.
- noun snare, trick
- verb catch, snare; trick
- I might have known that the lawyer would have had me in the trap.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- If I was going into a trap it was just as well to let somebody know whom I was last seen with.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- What was it—madness, a nightmare, or a trap into which he had been decoyed with fiendish artfulness?
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- The soft-hearted angel was caught in the trap set for her pity.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Besides, you two might like to watch how I set a trap to catch a fox.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- "Well, I hadn't ought to complain about that trap," came the answer.
- Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
- He dragged off the trap and its clog, and went clanking up the mountain.
- Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
- But he remembered that he had once before been caught and had escaped by squeezing the trap.
- Extract from : « The Biography of a Grizzly » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
- Kirkwood poked his cane through the trap, repeating the address.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- "My trap wasn't sprung behind the chicken-house," said Donny.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
Synonyms for trap
- allurement
- ambuscade
- ambush
- artifice
- bait
- beguile
- booby trap
- box in
- circumvent
- collar
- come-on
- conspiracy
- corner
- corral
- deceive
- deception
- decoy
- device
- dragnet
- dupe
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entangle
- enticement
- entrap
- feint
- fool
- gambit
- grab
- hook
- intrigue
- inveigle
- inveiglement
- land
- lasso
- lure
- machination
- maneuver
- mousetrap
- nab
- nail
- net
- noose
- overtake
- pitfall
- plot
- ploy
- prank
- quagmire
- quicksand
- rope in
- ruse
- seduce
- seducement
- snag
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- suck in
- surprise
- take
- tangle
- temptation
- trammel
- trip up
- wile
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