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snare

Nouns

• (n) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
  • the exam was full of trap questions
  • it was all a snare and delusion
  trap,
• (n) a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head side drum, snare drum,
• (n) 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
• (n) strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
• (n) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose noose, gin,

Verbs

• (v) catch in or as if in a trap
  • The men trap foxes
  trammel, ensnare, entrap, trap,
• (v) entice and trap
  • The car salesman had snared three potential customers
  hook,

Synonyms

trammel ensnare entrap trap hook side drum snare drum noose gin

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