Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- v. transitive To catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; circumvent; enclose.
- v. transitive To furnish (a horse) with trappings; deck; adorn.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To draw into, or catch in, a trap; to insnare; to circumvent.
- v. To put trappings on; to clothe; to deck.
Etymologies
- From be- + trap. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Een van die beste voorbeelde van hoe ons gevaal het om ten volle betrokke te wees by kritiese probleme in die gemeenskap, is dat ons aanvanklik onkant betrap is met die geweldige opwelling van gemeenskapswoede teen misdaad.”
“Controlled Serendipity' Liberates the Web van Nick Bilton lees, betrap ik mezelf er op dat ik instemmend zit te knikken.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘betrap’.
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Your Mission: Find theTraps
List of words that contain the letter string *trap*. Some are obvious and apparent, such as trapezoid, while others are a bit less apparent, such as contrapuntist, ultraphysical, and intraperitoneal.
trapezoid, contrapuntist, wentletrap, allotetraploid, bootstrap, caltrap, unstrap, Trappist, ultraphysical, trapline, Trapt, autotetraploidy and 195 more...
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trappings
Various relatives of mine love to use the phrase "with all the trappings" It has a certain endearing, entrapping element to it.
What other words have the (sense) appearance of 'natural...accoutrements, caparison, habiliment, paraphernalia, trappures, equipage, furnishings, outfit, betrap, gear, dressings, fixings and 10 more...
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Belistful
Tubey or not tubey.
belittle, bedazzle, besiege, besmirch, bespeckle, beget, bemoan, befuddle, befriend, become, besot, becloud and 596 more...
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b!
baffle, boggle, befuddle, brummagem, bamboozled, brash, blaze, Bacchanalia, badinage, bandy, bliss, bemused and 36 more...
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