mousetrap

Speech parts

1. mousetrap - Noun

2. mousetrap - Verb

Meaning

(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

a trap for catching mice

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

trap play flytrap draw corner danger catch mine attract drag trick bottle trap hazard hook collar
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Antonyms

fact free allow advantage assist bore
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Hypernyms

play trap maneuver manoeuvre

Phrases with the word

building a better mousetrap

Anagrams

autosperm superatom trampouse

Examples

A joke is like building a mousetrap from scratch. You have to work pretty hard to make the thing snap when it is supposed to snap. Kurt Vonnegut

Variation: If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods the world will make a beaten path to his door. Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is an industry, it's a business. We exist to make money. We exist to put commercials on the air. The programming that is put on between those commercials is simply the bait we put in the mousetrap. Ted Koppel

There's always free cheese in a mousetrap. Jack Gibson

One of the simple but genuine pleasures in life is getting up in the morning and hurrying to a mousetrap you set the night before. Kin Hubbard

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese, always leave room for the mouse. Greek Proverb

Close letter words and terms

mousery mousesicle mousetail mousework mousey Moushegian