snare

noun

1. something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares

- it was all a snare and delusion

Similar word(s): trap

Definition categories: thought, design, plan

2. a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

Definition categories: man–made, drum, membranophone, tympan

3. 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

Definition categories: man–made

4. strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

Definition categories: man–made, string

5. a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

Similar word(s): gin, noose

Definition categories: man–made, trap

verb

1. catch in or as if in a trap

Similar word(s): ensnare, entrap, trammel, trap

Definition categories: contact, capture, catch

2. entice and trap

- The car salesman had snared three potential customers

Similar word(s): hook

Definition categories: communication, entice, lure, tempt