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verbcatch in or as if in a trap
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"it was all a snare and delusion"nounsomething (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
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nouna trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noosetype of:
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"The car salesman had snared three potential customers"verbentice and trap
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nouna small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
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nouna 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 cavitiestype of:
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nounstrings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hittype of:part of:
Definition that contains snare
- catch cause to become accidentally or suddenly caught, ensnared, or entangled
- roll the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
- frame take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- web an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
- gin trap with a snare
- snare strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- snare a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- entrap take or catch as if in a snare or trap
- entanglement an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
- ensnare take or catch as if in a snare or trap