snare
Catcher with wires
A snare is a trap, typically a loop of wire or cord that tightens around an animal when triggered.
The word extends to any entanglement or trap: caught in a snare of debt, the snares of fame.
To snare is to catch or entrap: She snared the job before anyone else applied.
A snare drum has wires stretched across its bottom head that rattle when struck, giving a sharp, buzzing sound.
Loop that constricts
- lureThing that tempts
- baitLure for prey
- decoyFalse target for misdirection
- pitfallHidden danger or drawback
snag · tripwire · gin · deadfall · cage · netting · mantrap · booby-trap
Twisted mass of strands
- enmeshCatch in interwoven strands
- entwineWind around each other
- webInterwoven filament structure
- netFinal amount remaining
knot · bind · fetter · mesh · coil · weave · spiderweb · cobweb
entrap
Catch by cunning
net · bag · hook · ambush · lure · entangle · enmesh · trick · deceive · dupe
noose
Loop that constricts
pitfall · snag · tripwire · gin · deadfall · cage · netting · mantrap · booby-trap · wire
tangle
Twisted mass of strands
net · knot · bind · fetter · mesh · coil · weave · spiderweb · cobweb · sticky
rabbit
Long-eared lagomorph
trapper · bushmeat · subsistence · catch · quarry · prey · tracking · wilderness · woodcraft · survival
drumhead
Taut membrane over cylinder
crisp · crack · snap · backbeat · rimshot · roll · rudiment · march · military · percussion
- drumsbass drum, bongo, tambourine, kick drum, djembe
- Hip-Hoprapper, rappers, rhymes, beat, lyrics
- trapstrap, bear trap, mousetrap, rat trap, ant trap
- catchersbackstop, receiver, bug catcher, rat catcher, dog catcher
- tight spotstight spot, corner, trapped, stuck, boxed in
- ambushambuscade, bushwhack, sneak attack, surprise attack, trap
snarefreedom
Absence of constraint
liberation · disentangle · untangle · free · loosen
- snare drumTensioned wire percussion cylinder
- snare drummerPercussionist playing wire-bottomed drums
- devil's snareToxic entangling plant
- rabbit snareLoop trap for lagomorphs
- SNARE proteinsVesicle fusion mediators
- snare rollContinuous drum tremolo
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