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snare
/snɛɹ/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- noun
something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
the exam was full of trap questions
- verb
catch in or as if in a trap
The men trap foxes
- noun
a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- noun
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
- noun
strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit