snare

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. To catch or hold, especially with a loop.
2. To ensnare.

Concepts

snare

trap

noose

pitfall

ensnare

entrap

gin

net

hook

catch

loop

springe

trammel

booby-trap

mesh

sling

bird snare

lasso

decoy

lure

side drum

snare drum

capture

booby trap

corner

enmesh

tangle

quagmire

toils

trick

pit

contain

fish

hunt

anything used for tying things

spring-trap

place a snare

caught in a spring trap

fall into a trap

be hold of

hang

lace

allurement

bait

enticement

quicksand

meshes

deadfall

web

toil

entice

triek

bight

network

trawl

trickster

mantrap

bargaining chip

carrot

come-on

inducement

filament

thread

yarn

bag

snag

track down

wile

slipknot

ask

beg

request

angle

catcher

arrest

go against

grab

seize

snap up

take

encase

danger

hole

Pronounced as (IPA)

/snɛ(ə)ɹ/

Etymology

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.