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A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research.
The word "trap" may also refer to:
Science and technology
Biochemistry
- Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation
- A mediator (coactivator) preparation missing a certain subunit
- Thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins, a transcriptional coactivator
- TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome, the cutaneous condition tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome
- TNF-related activation protein, also known as CD40 ligand
- Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter, in prokaryotes
- trp RNA-binding attenuation protein, in bacilli
Chemistry
Computing
- Trap (computing), a code or signal designed to capture errors and reveal where they are
Medicine
- TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome
- Twin reversed arterial perfusion, a twin pregnancy abnormality
- Trapezius muscle
Transportation
- Trap (car), a secret compartment in an automobile
- Trap (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage
Other technologies
- trap (in petroleum geology): a petroleum reservoir
- Trap (plumbing), a pipe to prevent the release of gases
- Trap (printing), a commercial-printing technique to overcome registration problems
People
- Giovanni Trapattoni (born 1939), Italian soccer coach nicknamed "Trap" or "Il Trap"
- Thomas J. H. Trapnell (1902–2002), United States Army lieutenant general
Arts and entertainment
Music
Genres
- Trap music, a subgenre of hip-hop originating in the 1990s
- Trap music (EDM), a subgenre of electronic dance music originating in the 2010s
Albums and songs
- Trap (Henry Lau EP), or the title song (feat. Taemin and Kyuhyun), 2013
- Trap (Dead Man Ray album), 2000
- "Trap" (Shakira song) (feat. Maluma), 2018
- Traps (album), 2012 by Jaill
- "Trap", a song by Elizaveta from Messenger
- "The Trap", a song from Playland by Johnny Marr
Film and television
- The Trap (1966 film), Canadian/UK film by Sidney Hayers
- Traps (1994 film), Australian film by Pauline Chan
- A Trap (1997), Polish film
- Trap (2015 film), Filipino film
- Traps (TV series), an American police drama
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Trap (poker), a strategy
- Trap (novel), a 1966 novel by Peter Mathers
- Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–39), a New Deal art project
Sports
- Sand trap, a golf hazard
- Neutral zone trap, an ice hockey defensive strategy
- Starting Traps, the equipment that racing greyhounds start a race from
- Triathlon Association of the Philippines, the governing body for the sport in the Philippines
- Trap shooting
Other uses
- Drug house, in slang popularized in Atlanta, Georgia, US
- Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales, United Kingdom
- Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, a U.S. military term for a rescue mission to retrieve a downed aircraft
- TRAP law ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers"), a type of legislation used to restrict abortion providers
- Trap room, a part of a theatre
- Operation Trap, a code name of large-scale Soviet offensive operation against Mujahideen supply base of Karkari-Sharshari.
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