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traps
plural noun(traps)
personal belongings : luggage
traps
noun(traps)
a device for taking game or other animals; especially : one that holds by springing shut suddenly
traps
noun(traps)
something by which one is caught or stopped unawares; also : a position or situation from which it is difficult or impossible to escape
traps
noun(traps)
a football play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then is blocked from the side while the ballcarrier advances through the spot vacated by the defensive player
traps
verb(traps)
to catch or take in or as if in a trap : entrap
traps
verb(traps)
to place in a restricted position : confine
traps
verb(traps)
to provide or set (a place) with traps
traps
verb(traps)
to adorn with or as if with trappings
traps
noun(traps)
traprock
traps
noun(traps)
a trap for insects that uses a form of black light perceptible to particular insects as an attractant
traps
noun(traps)
a trap for the unwary or unsuspecting : pitfall
traps
noun(traps)
a concealed explosive device contrived to go off when some harmless-looking object is touched
traps
noun(traps)
a device that allows movement of a sliding part or passage of a person (as into a darkroom) but excludes light
traps
noun(traps)
a device for collecting or destroying insects that consists of a bright light in association with a trapping or killing medium
traps
noun(traps)
a trap for catching an animal alive and uninjured
traps
noun(traps)
a usually rectangular wooden or metal cage that is baited and placed on the sea bottom and that has a funnel-shaped net used to trap lobsters

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