noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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mous'trăp
/ˈmaʊsˌtɹæp/
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CMU ARPABET:M AW1 S T R AE2 P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mousefall
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Ordinary, everyday cheese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
(American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trap play
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: maneuver, manoeuvre, play
9
noun
Meaning 9
a trap for catching mice
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trap
History
Etymology
From Middle English mouse-trappe, mous trappe, mouse trape, equivalent to mouse + trap. Cognate with Dutch muizetrap, muizentrap (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muustrappe, Muustrapp (“mousetrap”). In the Internet sense, refers to a computer mouse.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
muisval
— device for killing mice
Asi:
yabti
— device for killing mice
Azerbaijani:
siçan tələsi
— device for killing mice
Central Bikol:
atipil
— device for killing mice
Bulgarian:
капан за мишки
(kapan za miški)
— device for killing mice
Catalan:
ratera
— device for killing mice
Cherokee:
ᏥᏍᏕᏥ ᏌᏛᏗ
(tsisdetsi sadvdi)
— device for killing mice
Chinese Cantonese:
老鼠夾 /老鼠夹
— device for killing mice
Chinese Mandarin:
捕鼠器
(bǔshǔqì)
— device for killing mice
Czech:
past na myši
— device for killing mice
Czech:
pastička
— device for killing mice
Danish:
musefælde
— device for killing mice
Dutch:
muizenval
— device for killing mice
Esperanto:
muskaptilo
— device for killing mice
Finnish:
hiirenloukku
— device for killing mice
Finnish:
rotanloukku
— device for killing mice
French:
piège à souris
— device for killing mice
French:
souricière
— device for killing mice
Galician:
ratoeira
— device for killing mice
German:
Mausefalle
— device for killing mice
German:
Rattenfalle
— device for killing mice
Greek:
ποντικοπαγίδα
(pontikopagída)
— device for killing mice
Greek:
φάκα
(fáka)
— device for killing mice
Ancient Greek:
μυάγρα
(muágra)
— device for killing mice
Hindi:
चूहादान
(cūhādān)
— device for killing mice
Hungarian:
egérfogó
— device for killing mice
Hunsrik:
Rattefall
— device for killing mice
Icelandic:
músagildra
— device for killing mice
Icelandic:
fjalaköttur
— device for killing mice
Icelandic:
tréköttur
— device for killing mice
Icelandic:
músafella
— device for killing mice
Ingrian:
loukku
— device for killing mice
Italian:
trappola per topi
— device for killing mice
Japanese:
ネズミ捕り
(nezumi-tori)
— device for killing mice
Japanese:
鼠取り
(nezumi-tori)
— device for killing mice
Kazakh:
тышқан қақпан
(tyşqan qaqpan)
— device for killing mice
Korean:
쥐덫
(jwideot)
— device for killing mice
Central Kurdish:
تەڵەمشک
(tellemişk)
— device for killing mice
Latin:
mūscipula
— device for killing mice
Lithuanian:
pelėkautai
— device for killing mice
Macedonian:
кла́па
(klápa)
— device for killing mice
Macedonian:
ста́пица за глу́вци
(stápica za glúvci)
— device for killing mice
Macedonian:
глу́вчарник
(glúvčarnik)
— device for killing mice
Mongolian:
хулганы хавх
(xulgany xavx)
— device for killing mice
