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snare
1[snair]
noun
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.
Synonyms: ,Surgery.a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.
verb (used with object)
to catch with a snare; entangle.
to catch or involve by trickery or wile.
to snare her into going.
snare
2[snair]
noun
one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
snare
1/ ɛə /
noun
a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey
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
anything that traps or entangles someone or something unawares
verb
to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare
to catch or trap in or as if in a snare; capture by trickery
snare
2/ ɛə /
noun
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
Other Word Forms
- snareless adjective
- snarer noun
- snaringly adverb
- unsnared adjective
- ˈԲ noun
- ˈԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of snare1
Origin of snare2
Word History and Origins
Origin of snare1
Origin of snare2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Aussie opener had little choice but to play, and was snared by a sharp catch by Bedingham at first slip.
Even when you are aware that the algorithms exist to snare your time and attention, it can be hard to stop scrolling, the self-soothing leading to numbness and deepening insecurities.
Hernandez herself is just as coy, slipping in enough truth to snare the viewer and keep them mesmerized against a chilly, bare synth score.
He snared fellow protégé Jewel Andrew, thanks to Brook's flying catch.
Behind the snare is hitting in a rock way but there is that wash that you only get from jazz training and listening to jazz.
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