trap

n.

1. A contrivance for catching and holding animals, as a concealed pit or a clamplike device that springs shut suddenly.
2. A stratagem for catching or tricking an unwary person.
3. A confining or undesirable circumstance from which escape or relief is difficult: fell into poverty's trap.
4. A device for sealing a passage against the escape of gases, especially a U-shaped or S-shaped bend in a drainpipe that prevents the return flow of sewer gas by means of a water barrier.
5. Sports.
   1. A device that hurls clay pigeons into the air in trapshooting.
   2. A land hazard or bunker on a golf course; a sand trap.
   3. traps A measured length of roadway over which electronic timers register the speed of a racing vehicle, such as a dragster.
6. Baseball. See web (sense 10).
7. Sports.
   1. A defensive strategy or play, as in basketball or hockey, in which two or more defenders converge on an offensive player shortly after the player gains possession of the ball or puck.
   2. The act of trapping a soccer ball.
8. Football. A running play in which the ball carrier advances through a hole in the defensive line created by allowing a defensive lineman to penetrate the backfield.
9. A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
10. A trapdoor.
11. traps Music. Percussion instruments, such as snare drums and cymbals, especially in a jazz band.
12. Slang. The human mouth.

v., trapped, trap·ping, traps.

v.tr.

1. To catch in a trap; ensnare. See synonyms at catch.
2. To prevent from escaping or getting free: was trapped in the locked attic.
3. To deceive or trick by mans of a scheme or plan.
4. To seal off (gases) by a trap.
5. To furnish with traps or a trap.
6. Sports.
   1. To catch (a ball) immediately after it has hit the ground.
   2. To gain control of (a moving soccer ball) by allowing it to hit and bounce off a part of the body other than the arm or hand.

v.intr.

1. To set traps for game.
2. To engage in trapping furbearing animals.

[Middle English, from Old English træppe.]

trap² (trăp) Informal.
n.

Personal belongings or household goods. Often used in the plural.

tr.v., trapped, trap·ping, traps.

To furnish with trappings.

[Middle English trap, trapping, perhaps alteration of Old French drap, cloth, from Late Latin drappus.]

trap³ (trăp)
n.

Any of several dark, fine-grained igneous rocks often used in making roads.

[Swedish trapp, from trappa, step, from Middle Low German trappe.]

To respond to a particular condition in a running program; for example, to "trap an interrupt" means to wait for a particular interrupt to occur and then redirect the computer to execute an appropriate routine. An "error trap" tests for an invalid set of data. It then displays the correct error message and bypasses processing that data. A "debugging trap" looks for the execution of a particular instruction in order to immediately stop the program and analyze the status of the system at that moment.

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noun

1. Something that leads one into a place or situation from which escape is difficult: bait, lure, snare. See like/dislike, safety/danger.
2. A source of danger or difficulty not easily foreseen and avoided: booby trap, pitfall. See safety/danger.
3. An attack or stratagem for capturing or tricking an unsuspecting person: ambuscade, ambush. See attack/defend.
4. The opening in the body through which food is ingested: mouth. Slang gob², puss. See mouth.

verb

To gain control of or an advantage over by or as if by trapping: catch, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entrap, snare, tangle, trammel, web. See free/unfree.

v

Definition: catch, snare; trick
Antonyms: let go, release

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1. n. A program interrupt, usually an interrupt caused by some exceptional situation in the user program. In most cases, the OS performs some action, then returns control to the program.

2. vi. To cause a trap. “These instructions trap to the monitor.” Also used transitively to indicate the cause of the trap. “The monitor traps all input/output instructions.”

This term is associated with assembler programming (interrupt or exception is more common among HLL programmers) and appears to be fading into history among programmers as the role of assembler continues to shrink. However, it is still important to computer architects and systems hackers (see system, sense 1), who use it to distinguish deterministically repeatable exceptions from timing-dependent ones (such as I/O interrupts).

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1. A device to maintain a water seal against sewer gases, air, and odors; also called a stench trap.
2. A removable section of a theater stage floor.
3. Same as traprock.

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Purposely underplaying a hand in order to entice an opponent into raising, followed by your own call and typically large re-raise. Your opponent now faces a situation in which you first appeared to be weak, but are now representing strong cards. You have "trapped" your opponent by forcing them into the difficult decision of calling a large re-raise or folding.

SoundPoker Says: The most typical example of a trap is the check-raise. Bob first represents weak cards by checking to his opponent Carl, which entices Carl to raise. After the raise, Bob represents his strong cards through a large re-raise. Carl now has to make the difficult decision of calling Bob's large re-raise to stay active, or folding.

This strategy is also known as sandbagging or slow play.

See Also: Active, Call, Check-raise, Fold, Raise, Re-Raise, Represent, Sandbag, Slow Play

IN BRIEF: n. - .A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.

The way out of a trap is to study the trap itself, learn how it is built. — Henepola Gunaratana, Source: Mindfulness in Plain English, Updated and Expanded Edition, Page: 98

• Release Date: 1986
• Genre: Shooter
• Style: Vertical Scrolling Shooter

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A feeling of being trapped may indicate a job-related problem or a stifling personal relationship. Pregnant woman in their last cycle of pregnancy often have a dream of being entrapped in small places.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - fælde, snare, lem, vandlås
v. tr. - fange i fælde, narre, lokke
v. intr. - arbejde med at fange dyr

idioms:

• fall into the trap    falde i en fælde
• Keep your trap shut    hold kæft, hold mund
• Shut your trap    hold kæft

2.
v. tr. - staffering
n. - ejendele

3.
n. - trap (bjergart)

Nederlands (Dutch)
val, bek, sifon, valstrik, (tweewielig) wagentje, vallen zetten, in de val lokken, insluiten, (op) vangen

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Chasse, fig) piège, (fig) erreur, cabriolet, siphon (en plomberie), (Sport) ball-trap, stalle de départ, gueule (vulg)
v. tr. - capturer, coincer, (Chasse) prendre au piège, retenir (la chaleur), (Méd) se coincer, empêcher (qch) de fuir (gaz), (fig) prendre (qn) au piège
v. intr. - (Chasse) braconner

idioms:

• fall into the trap    tomber dans le piège
• Keep your trap shut    ferme ta gueule!
• Shut your trap    Ferme ta gueule!

2.
v. tr. - revêtir d'apparats
n. - effets personnels, meubles, mobilier

3.
n. - (Minér) basalte, roche éruptive

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Falle, Geruchsverschluß, Falltür
v. - fangen, einschließen, einklemmen, eine Falle stellen, mit Fallen ausstatten

idioms:

• fall into the trap    in die Falle gehen
• Keep your trap shut    Halt den Mund!
• Shut your trap    Halt den Mund!

2.
v. - schmücken
n. - GepÄck

3.
n. - Trapp (Eruptivgestein)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παγίδα, δόκανο, φάκα, απάτη, σιφόνι, σούστα, δίτροχο κάρο, (μτφ.) στόμα, (καθομ.) καταγώγιο, κουτούκι
v. - παγιδεύω, πιάνω στη φάκα ή στο δόκανο

idioms:

• fall into the trap    πέφτω στην παγίδα/λούμπα
• Keep your trap shut    Κράτα κλειστό το στόμα σου
• Shut your trap    βούλωσ' το! σκάσε!

Italiano (Italian)
acchiappare, ceffo, trappola, sifone

idioms:

• fall into the trap    cadere in trappola
• Keep your trap shut!    chiudi il becco!
• Shut your trap!    chiudi il becco!

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cilada (f), armadilha (f), ratoeira (f)
v. - capturar, colocar armadilhas

idioms:

• fall into the trap    cair na armadilha
• Keep your trap shut!    mantenha a boca fechada
• Shut your trap!    cala a boca

Русский (Russian)
вовлекать в ловушку, ловушка, западня

idioms:

• fall into the trap    попасть в западню
• Keep your trap shut!    "держи язык за зубами!"
• Shut your trap!    "заткни свой рот!"

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - trampa, lazo, celada, cepo
v. tr. - poner trampas, coger, pillar, atrapar, proveer de sifón o válvula, armar, cubrir con caparazón
v. intr. - poner trampas, cazar con trampa o lazo

idioms:

• fall into the trap    caer en la trampa
• Keep your trap shut    ¡cierra el pico!, cállate!
• Shut your trap    ¡cierra el pico!, cállate!

2.
v. tr. - poner los arreos al caballo
n. - equipaje, bártulos

3.
n. - basalto o roca similar (ígnea y oscura)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fälla, hinder
v. - snara, snärja, fånga i fälla, ertappa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 陷阱, 捕捉器, 罗网, U形弯管, 防臭瓣, 圈套, 阴谋, 诡计, 嘴, 设陷阱捕捉, 阻止, 抑制, 使落入圈套, 堵塞, 设陷阱, 诱捕野兽, 设圈套, 飞靶射击练习

idioms:

• fall into the trap    落入陷阱
• Keep your trap shut    闭口不言
• Shut your trap    住嘴

2. 个人衣物, 杂物, 行李, 装饰, 打扮

3. 暗色岩, 火山岩, 储油地质构造

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 陷阱, 捕捉器, 羅網, U形彎管, 防臭瓣, 圈套, 陰謀, 詭計, 嘴
v. tr. - 設陷阱捕捉, 阻止, 抑制, 使落入圈套, 堵塞
v. intr. - 設陷阱, 誘捕野獸, 設圈套, 飛靶射擊練習

idioms:

• fall into the trap    落入陷阱
• Keep your trap shut    閉口不言
• Shut your trap    住嘴

2.
n. - 暗色岩, 火山岩, 儲油地質構造

3.
n. - 個人衣物, 雜物, 行李
v. tr. - 裝飾, 打扮

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 덫, 음모, 통풍구
v. tr. - ~을 덫으로 잡다, 방취판을 설치하다, 뚜껑 문을 설치하다
v. intr. - 덫을 놓다, 덫 사냥을 하다, 표적 사출기를 사용하다

idioms:

• Keep your trap shut    입 다물고 있어라

2.
v. tr. - 장식용 마구를 달다
n. - 휴대품, 짐 보따리, 세간

3.
n. - 어두운 빛깔의 화성암

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 罠, 落とし穴, 計略, 策略, 放鳥器, トラップ, 軽2輪馬車, 飛び出し口, 打楽器類, 標的飛ばし
v. - わなを仕掛ける, わなで捕まえる, 計略にかける, トラップを付ける, ふさぐ, 罠で捕らえる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مكيدة, فخ, شرك (فعل) يوقع في شرك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מלכודת, פח, מארב, סיפון, גשתה, כרכרה דו-אופנית, מכשיר להעפת מטרה באוויר, מכשיר מעיף-כדורים כדי לחבוט בהם, כלוב-גיחה לכלב בתחילת מירוץ כלבים, פה (מדוברת), מיתקן למניעת מעבר אדים וכו', כלי-הקשה בלהקת ג'אז‬
v. tr. - ‮לכד, חסם, סכר, סכר זרם‬
v. intr. - ‮לכד, חסם, סכר, סכר זרם‬
v. tr. - ‮צייד בחפצים אישיים‬
n. - ‮מיטען, חפצים אישיים או תכולת בית‬
n. - ‮בזלת או סלע-יסוד מפורר כהה אחר‬

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