Trap

A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research.

The word "trap" may also refer to:

Science and technology

Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation
A mediator (coactivator) preparation missing a certain subunit
Thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins, a transcriptional coactivator
TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome, the cutaneous condition tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome
TNF-related activation protein, also known as CD40 ligand
Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter, in prokaryotes
trp RNA-binding attenuation protein, in bacilli

Trap (computing), a code or signal designed to capture errors and reveal where they are

trap (in petroleum geology): a petroleum reservoir
Trap (plumbing), a pipe to prevent the release of gases
Trap (printing), a commercial-printing technique to overcome registration problems

Giovanni Trapattoni (born 1939), Italian soccer coach nicknamed "Trap" or "Il Trap"
Thomas J. H. Trapnell (1902–2002), United States Army lieutenant general

Sand trap, a golf hazard
Neutral zone trap, an ice hockey defensive strategy
Starting Traps, the equipment that racing greyhounds start a race from
Triathlon Association of the Philippines, the governing body for the sport in the Philippines
Trap shooting

Drug house, in slang popularized in Atlanta, Georgia, US
Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales, United Kingdom
Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, a U.S. military term for a rescue mission to retrieve a downed aircraft
TRAP law ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers"), a type of legislation used to restrict abortion providers
Trap room, a part of a theatre
Operation Trap, a code name of large-scale Soviet offensive operation against Mujahideen supply base of Karkari-Sharshari.