traps
plural noun
ˈtraps 
: personal belongings : luggage
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Program exercises that target your mid to lower traps three to five times a week. 
Jenny Mccoy, SELF, 16 Sep. 2022 The organization, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, cited lobster traps as threats to endangered North Atlantic right whales, which can become tangled in the nets. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2022 Scientists often use camouflaged, motion-sensor cameras known as camera traps to study animals that are good at hiding from humans. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2022 While they may have been created to serve primarily as lead traps, many companies are making webinars a deeper digital experience by creating personalized offers, supplemental content and demos, and live chat features. Lisa Bennett, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Several of the videos posted by Mr. Ossoff, 35, who has moppy brown hair and boyish good looks, have been interpreted by his fans as thirst traps. New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022 The same year that Wilson published his article in Scientific American, a group of insect fanciers installed what are known as malaise traps in several nature reserves in Germany. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021 The first auction in early September included 245 firearms, 35 bows and 87 pieces of miscellaneous equipment such as traps, fishing equipment, lights and tree stands. Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020 Will Kuiper, 24, orchard manager at Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park, said traps are used to monitor insects on the Kane County farm. Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 See More
Jenny Mccoy, SELF, 16 Sep. 2022 The organization, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch, cited lobster traps as threats to endangered North Atlantic right whales, which can become tangled in the nets. Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2022 Scientists often use camouflaged, motion-sensor cameras known as camera traps to study animals that are good at hiding from humans. Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2022 While they may have been created to serve primarily as lead traps, many companies are making webinars a deeper digital experience by creating personalized offers, supplemental content and demos, and live chat features. Lisa Bennett, Forbes, 24 June 2022 Several of the videos posted by Mr. Ossoff, 35, who has moppy brown hair and boyish good looks, have been interpreted by his fans as thirst traps. New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022 The same year that Wilson published his article in Scientific American, a group of insect fanciers installed what are known as malaise traps in several nature reserves in Germany. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021 The first auction in early September included 245 firearms, 35 bows and 87 pieces of miscellaneous equipment such as traps, fishing equipment, lights and tree stands. Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020 Will Kuiper, 24, orchard manager at Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park, said traps are used to monitor insects on the Kane County farm. Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English trappe caparison — more at trap
First Known Use
1813, in the meaning defined above
traps 1 of 2
noun
1
as in ambushes
a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise undercover agents devised a trap to catch the counterfeiters a bear trap Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- ambushes
- snares
- nets
- ruses
- webs
- tricks
- deceptions
- entanglements
- entrapments
- hazards
- pitfalls
- snags
- catches
- subterfuges
- envelopments
- booby traps
- duplicities
- artifices
- ploys
- cheats
- land mines
- enmeshments
- double-dealings
2
as in ambushments
a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait an overland route to the Far East that was once notorious for the many robbers who laid traps for unsuspecting wayfarers Synonyms & Similar Words
- ambushes
- ambushments
- attacks
- ambuscades
- snares
- surprises
- mousetraps
- entrapments
- assaults
- surprizes
- sallies
- charges
- captures
- huntings
3
as in snares
something that catches and holds the promotion is really just a trap to keep her from taking a new job elsewhere Synonyms & Similar Words
- snares
- tangles
- nets
- entanglements
- labyrinths
- webs
- mazes
- meshes
- toils
- quicksands
- nooses
- quagmires
- morasses
- tanglements
- snarls
- spiderwebs
- cobwebs
- knots
- cat's cradles
4
as in mouths
slang the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal shut your trap before someone belts you one! Synonyms & Similar Words
- mouths
- jaws
- pie holes
- gobs
- chops
- pieholes
- mugs
- muzzles
- kissers
- faces
- yaps
- pusses
- maws
- mandibles
- maxillas
- visages
- maxillae
- countenances
- gullets
traps
2 of 2verb
1
as in tangles
to catch or hold as if in a net an ambitious young man who was now trapped in a series of shady business deals Synonyms & Similar Words
- tangles
- snares
- nets
- entraps
- meshes
- ensnares
- enmeshes
- immeshes
- entangles
- involves
- captures
- ensnarls
- entoils
- collars
- bags
- catches up
- implicates
- mires
- embroils
- birdlimes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disengages
- disentangles
- frees
- extricates
- detaches
- liberates
- untangles
- clears
2
as in grabs
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly finally trapped the annoying fly in the palm of his hand Synonyms & Similar Words
- grabs
- catches
- snares
- lands
- nets
- snatches
- captures
- hooks
- seizes
- bags
- snags
- collars
- gets
- corrals
- raps
- grapples
- clutches
- nails
- nabs
- cops
- ropes
- nobbles
- gloves
- gloms
- arrests
- grips
- holds
- corners
- grasps
- lassos
- entraps
- snaps (up)
- takes hold (of)
- halters
- bays
- fists
- meshes
- apprehends
- ensnares
- kidnaps
- clasps
- secures
- enmeshes
- detains
- abducts
- entangles
- rends
- immeshes
- latches (on or onto)
- wrests
- fastens (on)
- spirits (away or off)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- misses
- releases
- frees
- discharges
- liberates
- drops
- loosens
- unhands