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What does trap mean?

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Noun
  1. 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.
  2. A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.
  3. A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
  4. A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball
  5. The game of trapball itself.
  6. Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
  7. 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.
  8. A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
  9. (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
  10. (slang) A person's mouth.
  11. (plural) Belongings.
  12. (slang) A cubicle (in a public toilet).
  13. (sports) Trapshooting.
  14. (computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.
  15. (Australia, slang, historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
  16. (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold. (Also used attributively to describe things which are used for the sale of drugs, e.g. "a trap phone", "a trap car".)
  17. (offensive) A fictional character from anime, or related media, whose character design or voice actor is coded to a different gender than their textual one.
  18. (derogatory) A non-op trans woman or (femininely dressed) transvestite.
  19. A kind of movable stepladder.
  20. (music) A fusion genre of hip-hop and electronic music.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.
  2. (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
  3. (transitive) To provide with a trap.
  4. (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game
  5. (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.
  6. (US, slang, informal, African American Vernacular, intransitive) To sell narcotics, especially in a public area.
  7. (computing) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
Noun
  1. A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
Verb
  1. To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).
Noun
  1. (slang, bodybuilding) The trapezius muscle.
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