FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n (slang) A person's mouth.

v (intransitive) To leave suddenly, to flee.

n 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.

n A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense.

n A covering over a hole or opening; a trapdoor.

n A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball; the game of trapball itself.

n Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.

n 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.

n A place in a water pipe, pump, etc., where air accumulates for want of an outlet.

n (historical) A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.

n (rfv-sense|section=trap - stepladder) A kind of movable stepladder.

n (context|plural) belongings

n (slang) Short for trapezius muscle in bodybuilding

n (sports) Short for trapshooting.

n (rfv-sense) (slang|pejorative) A person who crossdresses as a female; a transvestite or transsexual.

n (computing) An exception generated by the processor.

n (Australia|slang|historical) A mining license inspector during the Australian gold rush.

n (US|slang|informal|African American Vernacular English) A residential building where drugs are manufactured or sold.

v (transitive) To catch in a trap or traps; as, to trap foxes.

v (transitive) To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

v (transitive) To provide with a trap; as, to trap a drain; to trap a sewer pipe.

v (intransitive) To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; as, to trap for beaver.

v (computing) (intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.

n A dark coloured igneous rock, now used to designate any non-volcanic, non-granitic igneous rock; trap rock.