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mousetrap

noun as in booby trap

noun as in pitfall

verb as in corner

verb as in intrigue

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Meanwhile, 3D imagery across various screens is sharp, and superfans will appreciate experiencing new material from the Ratatouille world, as Linguini ushers you into a hidey hole or Skinner’s finger gets caught in a mousetrap.

From Eater

Even in this new world, it is not illegal to become hugely successful by building the proverbial better mousetrap.

It was a “mousetrap,” he said, for the women who were already getting blowouts daily because of the speed and environment.

ACME has a mousetrap division that is not performing very well.

“And yet here I die in a mousetrap—with no more noise about it than my own squeaking,” answered he.

The players enter and plan with Hamlet the performance of The Mousetrap.

It's probably not much more than a better mousetrap, but you want to believe it is, don't you?

It is another to say (in the face of ocular experience) that the mousetrap runs after the mouse.

"And yet here I die in a mousetrap—with no more noise about it than my own squeaking," answered he.

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On this page you'll find 513 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mousetrap, such as: land mine, ambush, baited trap, deadfall, decoy, and hidden danger.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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