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* In role-playing games, a type of obstacle often used in [[dungeon]]s |
* In role-playing games, a type of obstacle often used in [[dungeon]]s |
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* In [[Anime|anime culture]], a male [[crossdresser]] whose cross-dressing is so convincing that he is often mistaken for a real girl. |
* In [[Anime|anime culture]], a male [[crossdresser]] whose cross-dressing is so convincing that he is often mistaken for a real girl. |
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⚫ | ** The term has since migrated to [[Internet meme|internet culture]], describing [[cross-dressing|a man who looks like an attractive woman]] or a pre-operation male to female [[transsexual]]. Females crossdressing as males or pre-op female to male transsexuals are often referred to as reverse traps. |
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* In the [[narcotics]] industry, an area where drugs are bought and sold in an open-air street market. People who are major drug dealers in a trap are known as "[[Trap Stars]]" |
* In the [[narcotics]] industry, an area where drugs are bought and sold in an open-air street market. People who are major drug dealers in a trap are known as "[[Trap Stars]]" |
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* [[Trap (plumbing)]], a U-shaped pipe located below a drain; also called a water seal |
* [[Trap (plumbing)]], a U-shaped pipe located below a drain; also called a water seal |
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**a light two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage |
**a light two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage |
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**a similar early [[automobile]] |
**a similar early [[automobile]] |
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* A [[trap room]], part of a [[theater]] |
* A [[trap room]], part of a [[theater]] |
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* In music, "the traps" is a slang term for a [[drum kit]], or a similar collection of [[percussion instruments]] |
* In music, "the traps" is a slang term for a [[drum kit]], or a similar collection of [[percussion instruments]] |
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A trap is a device or tactic intended to harm, capture, detect, or inconvenience a human or animal intruder, an animal pest, or a game. Traps may be physical objects, such as cages or snares, or metaphorical concepts.
Physical traps
Examples of physical traps include:
- Animal traps, see Animal trapping, often used to obtain the fur or meat of wild animals
- Booby trap, a mechanism designed to capture or harm unsuspecting humans or animals
- Heligoland trap, a large funnel-shaped structure used to trap birds
- Insect trap, used to capture insects
- Man-trap
- Mousetrap, designed to catch mice. See also Mousetrap (disambiguation)
- Trapdoor, a recessed (often hidden) door in a floor or ceiling
- Sand trap, a golf bunker.
Metaphorical traps
Examples of metaphorical or conceptual traps include:
- Canary trap, a method for exposing an information leak
- 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
- Verbal trap, a statement or question phrased in such a way that any valid response would imply something the responder does not intend. See also Trick question
- 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.
Other meanings
Other meanings of the word trap include: .
- In bodybuilding, a nickname for the trapezius muscle
- In biochemistry, TRAP is an abbreviation for tartrate resistant acid phosphatase
- In computing and operating systems, a trap is a programming code or signal designed to capture errors and reveal where they are. More specifically, a processor-generated exception, usually resulting in a switch into kernel mode
- In electronics, a filter used to block a range of frequencies
- Traps, a common name for elevated topographic features made out of basalt, an igneous rock
- Traprock, a common name for basalt, an igneous rock
- In geology, a rock formation in which water, salt or hydrocarbons may collect
- In horseriding, a device which attaches a carriage to a pony
- In role-playing games, a type of obstacle often used in dungeons
- In anime culture, a male crossdresser whose cross-dressing is so convincing that he is often mistaken for a real girl.
- The term has since migrated to internet culture, describing a man who looks like an attractive woman or a pre-operation male to female transsexual. Females crossdressing as males or pre-op female to male transsexuals are often referred to as reverse traps.
- In the narcotics industry, an area where drugs are bought and sold in an open-air street market. People who are major drug dealers in a trap are known as "Trap Stars"
- Trap (plumbing), a U-shaped pipe located below a drain; also called a water seal
- Trap (poker), a poker strategy
- In color printing, where inks of different colours have been overlapped to mask registration problems. The process is called spreading and choking
- In shooting sports, the activity of trap shooting, a clay target shooting sport; also, specifically the Olympic Trap event; also, the device which launches the clays
- Trap (carriage),
- a light two- or four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage
- a similar early automobile
- A trap room, part of a theater
- In music, "the traps" is a slang term for a drum kit, or a similar collection of percussion instruments
- Trap run, an American football play
Related terms
- Bot trap, a method of handling misbehaving network bots
- 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, the title of 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
- Trap (novel), a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Peter Mathers
Place names
- Deccan Traps, in west-central India
- Wolf Trap, Virginia
- Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, also in Virginia
- Siberian Traps in Russia
- Trap in South Wales, UK
People
- Trap, nickname for Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian soccer manager.