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Mousetrap

noun

A trap for catching mice.

(American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated. Synonym: trap play.

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"Mousetrap" Quotes from Famous Books

... be in peril; I said nothing of its nature, for I did not know. But if it meant this capture in the hills, the thing is nonsense. Why should the brigand-courier warn his patron, even by a hint, when it was his whole purpose to lure him into the mountain-mousetrap? It could not have meant that. But if not, what is this disaster, known both to courier and banker, which hangs ...

— The Wisdom of Father Brown • G. K. Chesterton

... them over into the dressing-room, to be dealt with at her discretion by Princess Carmel!" laughed Bertha. "I believe she's equal to catching one of them in a mousetrap ...

— The Princess of the School • Angela Brazil

Words linked to "Mousetrap" : trap play, manoeuvre, American football, trap, play, American football game, maneuver