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snare

English

🔊 a trap for birds or small mammals
🔊 strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum
🔊 a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them
🔊 a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
🔊 something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
“the exam was full of trap questions”
🔊 entice and trap
“The car salesman had snared three potential customers”
🔊 catch in or as if in a trap
“The men trap foxes”