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Word: snare (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather.
  • veterinary A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
  • music A set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum to create a rattling sound.
  • music A snare drum.
  • rare A mental or psychological trap; usually in the phrase '''a snare and a delusion'''.

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Verb:

  • to catch or hold, especially with a loop.

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