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BNC: 34044 COCA: 24713

mousetrap

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mousetrap /ˈmaʊsˌtræp/ noun
plural mousetraps
mousetrap
/ˈmaʊsˌtræp/
noun
plural mousetraps
Learner's definition of MOUSETRAP
[count]
: a small trap for catching mice捕鼠器
BNC: 34044 COCA: 24713

mousetrap

1 of 2

noun

mouse·​trap ˈmau̇s-ˌtrap How to pronounce mousetrap (audio)
1
: a trap for mice
2
: a stratagem that lures one to defeat or destruction
3

mousetrap

2 of 2

verb

mousetrapped; mousetrapping; mousetraps

transitive verb

: to snare in or as if in a mousetrap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The great policy sin is that none of this has anything whatever to do with building a better mousetrap. Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 28 July 2022 Design experience at an eVTOL aviation startup and Icon Aircraft inform his approach to building a better two-wheeled mousetrap. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 29 July 2022 And so the better mousetrap is, in the end, the one that persists. Steve Tengler, Forbes, 7 June 2022 Jeremy Allaire a chance to crow about his better mousetrap. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2022 Building a better mousetrap is a great way to onramp users into the digital realm. Kathleen Walch, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022 His $1,500 mousetrap, introduced in 1977, came with a laser beam to detect mice and a polished walnut base. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022 Catwoman has always been an antagonist and a mousetrap for Batman, but she's never really been his lone love interest. Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2022 Building a better mousetrap is innovative, not anticompetitive. Stephen Moore, National Review, 22 Feb. 2022
Verb
All of that seems to have been forgotten, though, in the rush to better mousetrap the category with extreme levels of brightness, unconventional form factors, solar charging, and other needless complication. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

circa 1864, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mousetrap was in the 15th century
BNC: 34044 COCA: 24713

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