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Mousetrap

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Noun

1. mousetrap

a trap for catching mice

2. mousetrap, trap play

(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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Mousetrap

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noun
1. 
any trap for catching mice, esp one with a spring-loaded metal bar that is released by the taking of the bait
2. British informal
cheese of indifferent quality

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Mousetrap

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noun
1. 
a trap for catching mice
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmouseˌtrapped or ˈmouseˌtrapping
2.  US
to trick or ensnare by means of a feint or stratagem

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Mousetrap

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n.
A trap for catching mice.
tr.v. mouse·trapped, mouse·trap·ping, mouse·traps
To trap or ensnare, as by a stratagem.

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