snare
Betekenis
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- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- A mental or psychological trap.
- A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A snare drum.
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/snɛ(ə)ɹ/
Etymologie
From Middle English snare, from Old English snearu, sneare (“a string; cord”), from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.
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