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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024snare1 /snɛr/USA pronunciation n., v., snared, snar•ing. n. [countable] - a device made up of a rope with a loop, for capturing small animals.
- anything serving to trap someone unexpectedly;
a trap.
v. [~ + object] - to catch with a snare;
entrap;
entangle. - to catch or involve by trickery:snared a top-ranking spy with a clever trick.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024snare1 (snâr),USA pronunciation n., v., snared, snar•ing. n. - a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares;
trap. - Surgerya wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.
v.t. - to catch with a snare;
entangle. - to catch or involve by trickery or wile:to snare her into going.
- bef. 1100; Middle English (noun, nominal and verb, verbal); cognate with Old Norse snara, Middle Low German snare, Old High German snar(a)ha
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See trap 1.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged net, seine.
snare2 (snâr),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Danceone of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
- Middle Low German snare or Middle Dutch snaer string; replacing Old English snēr string of a musical instrument
- 1680–90
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