| Noun | 1. | snare - something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"design, plan - an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" iron trap - a trap from which there is no escape speed trap - a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders | |
| 2. | snare - a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower headdrum, membranophone, tympan - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end snare - strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit | |
| 3. | snare - a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities | |
| 4. | snare - strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hitstring - a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed | |
| 5. | snare - a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a nooseslipknot - a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made trap - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned | |
| Verb | 1. | snare - catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes"hunting, hunt - the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap toady" gin - trap with a snare; "gin game" | |
| 2. | snare - entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"accost, solicit, hook - approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" entice, lure, tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" | |