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A trap is a device or tactic intended to harm, capture, detect, or inconvenience a human or animal intruder, or animal pest or game. Traps may be physical objects, such as cages or snares, or metaphorical concepts. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...

Trap may refer to:

Physical traps

Examples of physical traps include:

• Animal traps, see Animal trapping, often used to obtain the fur or meat of wild animals
• Booby trap, a mechanism designed to capture or harm unsuspecting humans or animals
  • Punji stick
  • Trou de loup
• Heligoland trap, a large funnel-shaped structure used to trap birds
• Insect trap, used to capture insects
• Man-trap
• Mousetrap, designed to catch mice. See also Mousetrap (disambiguation)
• Trapdoor, a recessed (often hidden) door in a floor or ceiling
• Sand trap, a golf bunker.

Bird trapping, tacuinum sanitatis casanatensis (XIV century) The activity of animal trapping has two separate but related meanings. ... This article is about an antipersonnel trap designed for use against humans. ... An American marine walks through a gully of punji sticks during the Vietnam War The Punji stick or Punji stake is a type of a non-explosive booby trap. ... Trous de loup In mediaeval fortification, a trou de loup (plural trous de loup) was a type of booby trap or defensive obstacle. ... A Heligoland trap is a large, building- sized, funnel- shaped, rigid structure used to trap birds, so that they can be ringed or otherwise studied by ornithologists. ... An insect trap used to monitor pest populations Insect traps can be used to monitor or directly reduce insect populations. ... Man-traps are mechanical devices for catching poachers and trespassers. ... For other uses, see Mousetrap (disambiguation). ... Mousetrap or Mouse Trap can have several meanings, including: A mousetrap is a device for catching mice. ... A trapdoor is a door set into a floor or ceiling (depending on what side of the door one is on). ... A bunker or sand trap is a hazard in the game of golf. ...

Metaphorical traps

Examples of metaphorical or conceptual traps include:

• Canary trap, a method for exposing an information leak
• High level equilibrium trap, a concept used to explain why China never underwent an indigenous Industrial Revolution
• Honey trap, a form of sting operation in law enforcement
• Liquidity trap, a concept in economics involving a stagnant economy and low interest rates
• Speed trap, a tactic designed to catch speed limit violators; it may also refer to a place where such a tactic is commonly used
• Verbal trap, a statement or question phrased in such a way that any valid response would imply something the responder does not intend. See also Trick question
• Welfare trap, a phenomenon by which social policies interact to keep people dependent on welfare; related concepts include the unemployment trap and poverty trap
• Chemical trap, a chemical compound responsible for capturing an elusive molecule.

A canary trap is a method for exposing an information leak, that involves giving different versions of sensitive information to each of a group of suspects and seeing which version gets leaked. ... The high level equilibrium trap is a concept developed by Mark Elvin to explain why China never underwent an indigenous Industrial Revolution, despite its wealth, stability and scientific advancement. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sting operation. ... In monetary economics, a liquidity trap occurs when the economy is stagnant, the real interest rate is close or equal to zero, and the monetary authority is unable to stimulate the economy with traditional monetary policy tools. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A riddle is a puzzle, consisting of text with a question to answer. ... The welfare trap is a name for a situation in which taxation and welfare systems create strong incentives for people to stay on social welfare payments. ... in chemistry, a chemical trap is a chemical compound that is used to detect a certain molecule when the concentration of this molecule is very small and below detection limit the molecule is very reactive and it not possible to isolate or detect it by spectroscopic means the molecule is...

Other meanings

Other meanings of the word trap include:

• "To fall for the trap," meaning to have your initial plan or goal be disrupted by an obstacle or "trap"
• In urban/hip hop culture a trap refers to a trap house: a place where drugs are sold; a trap can be an area or neighborhood dominated by a drug economy and culture.
• In bodybuilding, a nickname for the trapezius muscle
• In biochemistry, TRAP is an abbreviation for tartrate resistant acid phosphatase
• In computing and operating systems, a trap is a programming code or signal designed to capture errors and reveal where they are. More specifically, a processor-generated exception, usually resulting in a switch into kernel mode
• In electronics, a filter used to block a range of frequencies
• Traps, a common name for elevated topographic features made out of basalt, an igneous rock
• Traprock, a common name for basalt, an igneous rock
• In geology, a rock formation in which water, salt or hydrocarbons may collect
• In horseriding, a device which attaches a carriage to a pony
• In role-playing games, a type of obstacle often used in dungeons
• In anime culture, a male crossdresser whose cross-dressing so convincing that he's often mistaken for a real girl.
• In the narcotics industry, an area where drugs are bought and sold in an open-air street market. People who are major drug dealers in a trap are known as "Trap Stars"
• Trap (plumbing), a U-shaped pipe located below a drain; also called a water seal
• Trap (poker), a poker strategy
• In color printing, where inks of different colours have been overlapped to mask registration problems. The process is called spreading and choking
• Also in color printing, when one ink dries too much, which stops the following colors being absorbed into the paper. It leaves a mottled effect.
• In shooting sports, the activity of trap shooting, a clay target shooting sport; also, specifically the Olympic Trap event; also, the device which launches the clays
• In relationships, a member who manages to ensnare the other, through emotional or sexual manipulation, so as to prevent them from ending the relationship.
• Trap (carriage),
  • a light two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage
  • a similar early automobile
• A meme from the internet describing a man who is intending to look like an attractive woman or a pre-op male to female transsexual. Females crossdressing as males or pre-op female to male transsexuals are often referred to as reverse traps. Some consider this usage of the word to be offensive.^{[citation needed]}
• A trap room, part of a theater.
• In naval aviation, a trap is a shipboard arrested landing.

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Related terms

• Bot trap, a method of handling misbehaving network bots
• Fur trapper, one who traps animals for a living
• Neutral zone trap, a defensive strategy in ice hockey
• Night Trap, a 1992 video game
• The Parent Trap, the title of two Disney movies
• Penning trap, used to store charged particles
• Polar Trappers, a 1938 Disney cartoon
• Bat and trap, an old game played with a trap
• TRAP law, a type of legislation used to restrict abortion providers
• Trap-Neuter-Return, a method of animal control
• Trap street, a fictitious or incorrectly rendered street on a map
• Treasure Trap, a live action role-playing game
• Trivia Trap, a short-lived TV game show
• Venus Flytrap, a carnivorous plant
• Trap (novel), a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Peter Mathers

A fur trapper is a person who is involved the capture of wild mammals for their fur. ... The neutral zone trap is a defensive ice hockey strategy used by a team to prevent an opposing team from proceeding through the neutral zone (the area between both blue lines) by forcing turnovers in that area. ... Night Trap is a video game that was released on October 15, 1992. ... The Parent Trap is the title of a movie by Walt Disney Productions Corporation which was made twice, first in 1961 and a remake made in 1998. ... Penning traps are devices for the storage of charged particles using a constant magnetic field and a constant electric field. ... Polar Trappers is a cartoon made by the Walt Disney Company in 1938. ... Bat and trap is an ancient English ball game related to cricket and played at country pubs in the county of Kent. ... A TRAP law (or TRAP bill) is a piece of legislation specifically designed to restrict abortion providers. ... Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR), also known as Trap-Test-Vaccinate-Alter-Release (TTVAR), is a method being promoted as a humane alternative to euthanasia for managing and reducing feral cat populations. ... A trap street is a fictitious street included on a map, often outside the area the map covers, for the purpose of trapping potential copyright violators of the map, who will be unable to justify the inclusion of the trap street on their map. ... In 1982 Treasure Trap was established at Peckforton Castle in the United Kingdom and this was probably the first combat based live action role-playing game (LARP). ... Trivia Trap was a U.S. game show that originally ran from October 8, 1984 to April 5, 1985 on ABC. Hosted by Bob Eubanks, two teams of three players played. ... For other uses, see Venus Flytrap (disambiguation). ...

Place names

• Deccan Traps, in west-central India
• Wolf Trap, Virginia
• Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, also in Virginia
• Siberian Traps in Russia

The Deccan Traps is a large igneous province located in west-central India and is one of the largest volcanic features on Earth. ... Wolf Trap is a census-designated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia. ... Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center situated in a setting of rolling hills and woods located on 117 acres (47. ... The Siberian Traps (Russian: ) form a large igneous province in Siberia. ...

People

• Trap, nickname for Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian soccer manager.

Giovanni Trapattoni (born March 17, 1939) is an Italian football coach and former player. ...

See also

• Ambush (often called a trap, as in the exclamation, "It's a trap!")
• Trapping

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