snare
/snɛə/ · noun
Meaning
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- A mental or psychological trap.
- A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A snare drum.
- To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
- To ensnare.
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