noun the gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
2. snare ·noun hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.
3. snare ·noun an instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, ·etc., by avulsion.
4. snare ·noun a contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.
5. snare ·vt to catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.