Snare

verb
snɜr

Noun

  • something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

    it was all a snare and delusion

    Similar:Trap
    Type of:DesignPlan
  • a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

    Similar:GinNoose
    Type of:Trap
  • a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

    Type of:MembranophoneTympanDrum
  • a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

  • strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

    Type of:String

Verb

  • entice and trap

    The car salesman had snared three potential customers

    Similar:Hook
    Type of:LureTemptEntice
  • catch in or as if in a trap

    Similar:EnsnareEntrapTrammelTrap
    Type of:CatchCapture

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