Reverse Dictionary: TRAP

ADJECTIVES
► BANGED UP trapped → 20C sl.
► SNOOKERED trapped in a difficult position, cheated, hoaxed → 1910s sl.

NOUNS
► CALTROP a trap or snare to catch the feet of beasts, of horses or men in war, and the like → a1300 obs.
► FALL a trap; something that falls; a trap-door → c1440
► FANG a trap, a noose → 1535 obs.
► SKULHEEG a deadfall trap → 1914 Amer. dial.
► SPRING a trap, a snare, a noose → 1578 obs.
► SWICKLE a loop or noose in a trap → 1621 obs.
► SWIKE a trap, a snare → a1100 obs.
► TIPE a trap for catching rabbits, mice, etc. → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TOIL a trap or snare for wild beasts → 1607 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► MOUNTAINEER a trapper; a backwoodsman → 1837 US
► MOUNTAIN MAN a trapper; a backwoodsman; a pioneer → 1847 US

VERBS
► BAIL UP ► BALE UP to trap, to corner → M19 Aust. sl.
► CALTROP to trap or catch with a ‘caltrop’ (see nouns) → c1440 obs.
► FANKLE to trap, to catch in a snare → 1724 Sc.
► LURE to set a trap for another → a1591 obs.
► MAN-CATCH to trap men → 1682
► TAIL to set a trap or snare; to bait a trap → 1862
► TEEL to set a trap, snare, etc. → 1777 Eng. dial.
► TOIL to set a trap → 1887 Eng. dial.