Dictionary Definition
snare
Noun
1 something (often something deceptively
attractive) that catches you unawares; "the exam was full of trap
questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion" [syn: trap]
2 a small drum with two heads and a snare
stretched across the lower head [syn: snare drum,
side
drum]
3 a 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 cavities
4 strings stretched across the lower head of a
snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
Verb
2 entice and trap; "The car salesman had snared
three potential customers" [syn: hook]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
Noun
- A trap made from a loop of wire, string, or leather.
- A mental or psychological trap; usually in the phrase a snare and a delusion.
- In the context of "veterinary": A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- A set of chains strung across the bottom of a drum to create a rattling sound.
- A snare drum.
Translations
a trap
- Irish: dol
- Kurdish: داو
(music) a type of drum having chains strung
across the bottom to create a rattling sound
Verb
- to catch or hold, especially with a loop
Translations
to catch or hold, especially with a loop
- Portuguese: engodar – v.
Related terms
Extensive Definition
A snare
is a kind of trap used for capturing animals. It may also
mean:
- Snare drum
- SNARE (protein), a family of proteins involved in vesicle fusion
- The Snares, a group of islands approximately 200 kilometres south of New Zealand
- Snare, a science fiction novel by Katharine Kerr
- Snare
device, a surgical device
- Snare technique (surgery), a technique used for surgical extraction
- Snare, a Transformers (fiction) character
- C. J. Snare, a rock and roll singer
- Todd Snare, a drummer
- Snare (software), a group of open-source agents, and a commercial server, used to collect audit log data from a variety of operating systems and applications
snare in German: Snare
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abstract, allure, allurement, and, annex, appropriate, bag, bait, bait the hook, baited trap,
birdlime, bola, bongo drum, boost, borrow, capture, catch, catch out, catch up,
charm, chicane, chicanery, cobweb, come-on, conga, cop, crib, deception, decoy, decoy duck, defraud, dragnet, drawcard, drawing card,
drum, drumhead, drumskin, drumstick, embezzle, embrangle, endearment, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarement, ensnarl, entangle, enticement, entoil, entrap, entrapment, enweb, extort, filch, fishhook, fly, foul, gill net, gin, ground bait, harpoon, hook, hook in, inveigle, inveiglement, involve, jazz stick, jig, kettle, kettledrum, land, lariat, lasso, lift, lime, lure, make off with, membranophone, mesh, meshes, nail, net, nip, noose, palm, pilfer, pinch, plug, poach, pound net, purloin, purse seine, rope, run away with, rustle, sack, scrounge, seduce, seducement, seine, seize, shoplift, side drum, snag, snare drum, snarl, snatch, sniggle, snitch, spear, spinner, spread the toils,
springe, squid, steal, swindle, swipe, tabor, taboret, tabret, take, tam-tam, tambourine, tangle, tangle up with, tempt, temptation, tenor drum,
thieve, timbrel, timpani, toils, tom-tom, trammel, trap, trawl, trip, troll-drum, tymp stick,
tympan, tympanon, tympanum, walk off with, war
drum, wind, wobbler