Phrase Hound found 162 phrases and 116 compound words that contain trap. The most common are listed below. Open trap in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 162
- fish-trapRare spelling of fish trap.
- honey trapThe use of a romantic or a sexual relationship to entice a person into revealing secret information.
- tourist trapAn establishment, such as a shop or display, where tourists are encouraged to spend money on goods or services not necessarily of good value.
- booby-trapAlternative form of booby trap.
- welfare trapA situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase.
- camera trapA remotely activated camera, triggered by a sensor, used to capture wild animals on film when researchers are not present.
- fall into a trapTo make a mistake, a bad decision or act senselessly and get into an extremely difficult situation.
- poverty trapA self-reinforcing cycle which allows poverty to persist.
- elephant trapA trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person, and thus proves the incompetence of anybody trapped by it.
- trap and traceThe automatic capture of the originating numbers of incoming calls to a particular telephone number.
- sun trapA location that faces the sun and is sheltered from the wind
- trap doorAlternative form of trapdoor: A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
- bus trapA construction or device placed on a road that only allows (public transport) buses, and no other vehicles with smaller gauge, to pass.
- speed trapA section of a roadway where speeds of vehicles are monitored by authorities; especially, one where the police presence is somewhat hidden, so as to catch the speeders in the act for enforceability.
- trap carA vehicle used by law enforcement agencies as bait to capture car thieves or thieves who steal items from cars.
- sucker trapA scam; a fraudulent deal offered to the unwary.
- Chinese finger trapA gag toy, used to play practical jokes, that traps the victim's fingers in both ends of a small cylinder woven from bamboo.
- cold trapIn vacuum applications, a device that condenses all vapours except the permanent gases into a liquid or solid, typically to prevent contamination of a vacuum pump.
- trap phoneA prepaid cell phone, often used by criminals to conduct illegal activity.
- offside trapA defensive play intended to catch the attacking team offside, generally in such a way that the defense line suddenly and simultaneously moves forward.
- thirst trapA nonpornographic but sexually suggestive selfie or video posted on social media in order to elicit compliments or arouse thirst (sexual lust).
- debt trapA situation in which a borrower's debt obligations exceed their repayment capabilities, compelling to them to incur new debt to repay existing ones.
- rat trapAlternative form of rattrap: A device (trap) used to catch rats.
- tank trapAnything placed to impede the movement of tanks, such as large caltrops, Czech hedgehogs, dragon's teeth, mines, or depressions in the ground.
- middle income trapThe situation where a country that attains a certain income gets stuck at that level, being unable to compete with other more developed economies in the high-value-added market.
Compound words 116
- trapperOne who traps animals; one who makes a business of trapping animals, for their pelts, meat, etc.
- mousetrapA device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
- trapdoorA hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
- entrapTo catch in a trap or snare.
- rattrapA device (trap) used to catch rats.
- firetrapA building that is dangerously flammable and/or has limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire.
- trapshootingThe sport, similar to skeet, of shooting at thrown targets with a shotgun.
- flytrapA trap built to catch flies.
- rattletrapMechanically unreliable or in disrepair.
- KafkatrapA sophistical rhetorical device in which any denial by an accused person serves as evidence of guilt.