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beartrap

beartrap noun: a large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.

beartrap: a large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap
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Noun

beartrap (plural beartraps)

  1. A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
  2. A radar trap used by police to catch speeders.
  3. A device that traps a probe on a rotorcraft, securing it to the helicopter deck of a vessel.
  4. A system of rotorcraft recovery aboard watercraft in heavy sea states, which uses the beartrap device to land securely and transport the aircraft into the hangar.
  5. A temporary price fallback that tempts one to open a short position.

Forms of beartrap

pluralbeartraps
alternative formbear trap

Origin of beartrap

From bear + trap.

Words formed from beartrap

Phrases with beartrap

Questions about beartrap

What does beartrap mean?
Beartrap means a large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
What part of speech is beartrap?
Beartrap is a noun.
What is the plural of beartrap?
The plural of beartrap is beartraps.

Words near beartrap in the dictionary

  1. Bearsses
  2. Bearsted
  3. beartamer
  4. beartamers
  5. bearthite
  6. beartrap
  7. beartrap gate
  8. beartrap gates
  9. beartraps
  10. Bearville
  11. bearward

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