Trap

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A trap is a device or tactic intended to harm, detect, or hinder an intruder. Trap may refer to:

• Trap (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage
• Trap (computing), a code or signal designed to capture errors and reveal where they are
• Trap (novel), a novel by Peter Mathers
• Trap (plumbing), a U-shaped pipe located below a drain; also called a water seal
• Trap (poker), a poker strategy
• Deccan Traps, in west-central India
• Siberian Traps in Russia
• Trapezius muscle or trap
• Sand trap, a type of hazard in golf

[edit] Acronyms

• Tartrate resistant acid phosphatase or TRAP
• Twin reversed arterial perfusion, a twin pregnancy abnormality
• Slang term for a male to female pre-op transsexual, specifically one with female secondary sex characteristics but retaining a penis.

[edit] Types of trap in its various meanings

• Animal trapping
• Booby trap
• Heligoland trap
• Insect trap
• Man-trap
• Mousetrap
• Trapdoor
• Canary trap, a method for exposing an information leak
• Chess trap, a move intended to induce the opponent to blunder
• High level equilibrium trap, a concept used to explain why China never underwent an indigenous Industrial Revolution
• Honey trap, a form of sting operation in law enforcement
• Liquidity trap, a concept in economics involving a stagnant economy and low interest rates
• Speed trap, a tactic designed to catch speed limit violators; it may also refer to a place where such a tactic is commonly used
• Welfare trap, a phenomenon by which social policies interact to keep people dependent on welfare; related concepts include the unemployment trap and poverty trap
• Chemical trap, a chemical compound responsible for capturing an elusive molecule

[edit] See also

• Trap shooting
• Trap room, part of a theater
• Trap run, an American football play
• Fur trapper, one who traps animals for a living
• Neutral zone trap, a defensive strategy in ice hockey
• Night Trap, a 1992 video game
• The Parent Trap series, two Disney movies
• Penning trap, used to store charged particles
• Polar Trappers, a 1938 Disney cartoon
• Bat and trap, an old game played with a trap
• TRAP law, a type of legislation used to restrict abortion providers
• Trap-Neuter-Return, a method of animal control
• Trap street, a fictitious or incorrectly rendered street on a map
• Treasure Trap, a live action role-playing game
• Trivia Trap, a short-lived TV game show
• Venus Flytrap, a carnivorous plant
• Wolf Trap, Virginia
• Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, also in Virginia
• Ambush
• Trapping (disambiguation)

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