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elephant traps

elephant traps is the plural of elephant trap.

Meaning of elephant trap

Noun

elephant trap (plural elephant traps)

  1. (figuratively) A trap which can easily be avoided by a competent person, and thus proves the incompetence of anybody trapped by it.
    • To show he doesn’t do his fair share of work, I’ve set him an elephant trap. If he falls in he’ll look like a clown.
  2. (figuratively) Often in the form Elephant Trap: a faulty attempt by White to win a pawn in a popular variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is generally only effective against inexperienced players.

Questions about elephant traps

What is elephant traps the plural of?
Elephant traps is the plural of elephant trap.

Words near elephant traps in the dictionary

  1. elephant shrews
  2. elephant skin
  3. elephant test
  4. elephant toothpaste
  5. elephant trap
  6. elephant traps
  7. elephant tree
  8. elephant trees
  9. elephant trunk
  10. elephant trunkfish
  11. elephant trunkfishes

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