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traphouse

traphouse is the alternative form of trap house.

Meaning of trap house

Noun

trap house (plural trap houses)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) A place where illegal drugs are manufactured, packaged for sale, or sold on the street.
    • We have a couple of trap houses on our block. Trap houses like drug houses, drug dealers.2015, Anthony Abraham Jack, "Crisscrossing Boundaries: Variation in Experiences with Class Marginality Among Lower-Income, Black Undergraduates at an Elite College", in Elizabeth M. Lee & Chaise...
    Synonyms:
    dope house
  2. (gun sports, trap shooting) A small building from which targets are launched.
    • It was used to train aerial gunners in proper firing techniques by placing the gunner in a vehicle, which was driven around the track, while the gunner fired at targets launched from trap houses.2010 October, United States Marine Corps F-35B West Coast Basing Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Vol. I, page 141.

Forms of traphouse

pluraltraphouses

Origin of traphouse

From trap + house.

Questions about traphouse

What is traphouse the alternative form of?
Traphouse is the alternative form of trap house.

Words near traphouse in the dictionary

  1. trapfall
  2. trapfalls
  3. trapfinding
  4. traphole
  5. trapholes
  6. traphouse
  7. traphouses
  8. trapiche
  9. trapiches
  10. trapidil
  11. Trapido

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