mouse·trap
ˈmau̇s-ˌtrap 
1
: a trap for mice
2
: a stratagem that lures one to defeat or destruction
see also:
mousetrapped; mousetrapping; mousetraps
: to snare in or as if in a mousetrap
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Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
In some ways, the molecule behaves like a tiny molecular mousetrap.
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april 10, New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
The City, for example, includes the German President Paul von Hindenburg, passing by in a motorcar, as well as circus folk and Roma and a regal Turkish mousetrap salesman who might have been painted by Goya.
—Max Norman, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
In some ways, the molecule behaves like a tiny molecular mousetrap.
—Chelsea Haney
april 10, New Atlas, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
All of that seems to have been forgotten, though, in the rush to better mousetrap the category with extreme levels of brightness, unconventional form factors, solar charging, and other needless complication.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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“Mousetrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mousetrap. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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