snare

About 1.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
2. noun A mental or psychological trap.
3. noun A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
4. noun A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
5. noun A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
6. noun A snare drum.
7. verb To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
8. verb To ensnare.

Similar words

entrap ensnare trap trammel noose gin side drum snare drum pitfall mousetrap

Often followed by

of drum and to for the is in which

Word family

snared snarer snarers snares snaring