WordDictionary

Noun:

• A kind of movable stepladder.
• 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.
• A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.
• A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.
• 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.
• Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.
• A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.
• A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense.
• slang|historical A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.
• A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself.
• computing An exception generated by the processor.
• historical A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.
• ''(plural)'' belongings
• slang A persons' mouth.
• pejorative A transvestite or transsexual, a man that one engages in a relationship with, believing him to be a woman.

Verb:

• transitive To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.
• computing intransitive To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.
• intransitive To leave suddenly, to flee.
• intransitive To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.
• transitive To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.
• transitive To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe.