mousetrap

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable) A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
2. (Internet, countable) A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage. Frequently used by advertisers and pornographers.
3. (British, informal, uncountable) Ordinary, everyday cheese.
4. (New-Zealand, countable, uncountable) A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
5. (countable, historical, uncountable) An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.

Verb

1. (figuratively) To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation.
2. (Internet, transitive) To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.

Conceptos

ratonera

máquina de separar borra

trampa para ratones

Sinónimos

rattrap

trap

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rat-poison

trap play

mouse trap

mousehole

Traducciones

Mausefalle

muizeval

trappola per topi

souricière

ratera

ποντικοπαγίδα

ratoeira

φάκα

piège à souris

muizenval

sourcière

piège

🪤

Mäusefalle

muscipulum

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmaʊsˌtɹæp/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: mouse-trappe

Cognado con neerlandés: muizetrap

In summary

From Middle English mouse-trappe, mous trappe, mouse trape, equivalent to mouse + trap. Cognate with Dutch muizetrap, muizentrap (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muustrappe, Muustrapp (“mousetrap”). In the Internet sense, refers to a computer mouse.