Dictionary Check: snare

"snare" is a valid word!

Scrabble 5 points
Words with Friends 6 points

Definition

noun

something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

Example: "the exam was full of trap questions"
Synonyms:
noun

a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

Synonyms:
noun

a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

noun

strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

noun

a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

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verb

catch in or as if in a trap

Example: "The men trap foxes"

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