snare

Meanings

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
  • "it was all a snare and delusion"
• a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
• 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
• strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
• catch in or as if in a trap
• entice and trap
  • "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"

Synonyms

ensnare, entrap, gin, hook, noose, side drum, snare drum, trammel, trap