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■ noun
1》 a device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals.
2》 an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape.
↘a trick betraying someone into acting contrary to their interests or intentions.
3》 a container or device used to collect a specified thing.
↘a curve in the waste pipe from a bath, basin, or toilet that is always full of liquid to prevent the upward passage of gases.
4》 a bunker or other hollow on a golf course.
5》 the compartment from which a greyhound is released at the start of a race.
6》 a device for hurling an object such as a clay pigeon into the air to be shot at.
7》 a light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse or pony.
8》 informal a person's mouth: keep your ~ shut!
9》 ( ~s ) informal (among jazz musicians) drums or percussion instruments.
■ verb ( ~s , ~ping , ~ped )
1》 catch (an animal) in a ~.
2》 prevent from escaping.
↘catch (something) somewhere so that it cannot be freed.
3》 trick into doing something.
Derivatives
~-like adjective
Origin
OE træppe (in coltetræppe 'Christ's thorn'); related to MDu. ~pe and med. L. ~pa , of uncertain origin.
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~ 2
■ verb ( ~s , ~ping , ~ped ) [usu. as adjective ~ped ] archaic put ~pings on (a horse).
Origin
ME: from the obs. noun ~ '~pings', from OFr. drap 'drape'.
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~ 3
(also ~rock )
■ noun N. Amer. basalt or a similar dark, fine-grained igneous rock.
Origin
C18: from Swed. ~p , from ~pa 'stair' (because of the often stair-like appearance of its outcroppings).