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snare

1

[ snair ]

noun

  1. a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
  2. anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. Surgery. a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.


verb (used with object)

snared, snaring.
  1. to catch with a snare; entangle.
  2. to catch or involve by trickery or wile:

    to snare her into going.

snare

2

[ snair ]

noun

  1. one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.

snare

1

/ ɛə /

noun

  1. a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey
  2. a surgical instrument for removing certain tumours, consisting of a wire loop that may be drawn tight around their base to sever or uproot them
  3. anything that traps or entangles someone or something unawares
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare
  2. to catch or trap in or as if in a snare; capture by trickery
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

snare

2

/ ɛə /

noun

  1. music a set of gut strings wound with wire fitted against the lower drumhead of a snare drum. They produce a rattling sound when the drum is beaten See snare drum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • ˈԲ, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of snare1

First recorded before 1100; Middle English (noun and verb); cognate with Old Norse snara, Middle Low German snare, Old High German snar(a)ha

Origin of snare2

1680–90; < Middle Low German snare or Middle Dutch snaer string; replacing Old English ŧ string of a musical instrument
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of snare1

Old English sneare, from Old Norse snara; related to Old High German snaraha

Origin of snare2

C17: from Middle Dutch snaer or Middle Low German snare string; related to Gothic ōō basket
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Synonym Study

See trap 1.
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Example Sentences

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It is safe to say there is not a big law firm in this country that would not have some part of their work fall under this snare, especially through their pro bono work.

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A whisper here, a wink there; it all goes inside the bottomless black bag, meant to snare and snuff out interpersonal mysteries before they become marital weaknesses.

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England seem trapped, like a tortoise and an ancient athlete,, external in some logic snare; for every advance they claim to make, the opposition always stay just out of reach.

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Ian Platt said his son snared "a very large artillery round, which looks live" from under a bridge spanning the River Aire, in Leeds, earlier.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — The ebullient thrum of staccato snares, thumping sousaphones, and tramping shoes all acting in unison filled the gray morning air in the parking lot outside Angel Stadium recently.

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