A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to:

Art and entertainment

Films and television

* ''Trap'' (2015 film), Filipino film * ''Traps'' (1994 film), Australian film by Pauline Chan * '' A Trap'' (1997), Polish film * ''Trap'' (TV series), a 2019 South Korean television series * ''Traps'' (TV series), a 1994 American police family drama

Music

Trap music Trap is a subgenre of hip hop music that originated in the Southern United States during the 1990s. The genre gets its name from the Atlanta slang word "trap", a house used exclusively to sell drugs. Trap music uses synthesized drums and is ch ...

, a subgenre of hip hop that originated in the 1990s in the Southeastern United States *

Trap music (EDM) EDM trap is a fusion genre of hip hop, rave music and EDM, that originated in the early 2010s on peaking popularity of big room house and trap music genres. It blends elements of trap, which is an offshoot of Southern hip hop, with elements of ...

, a subgenre of electronic dance music that originated in the 2010s * ''Trap'' (EP), debut by Henry, 2013 * ''Trap'' (Dead Man Ray album), 2000 * "Trap" (Shakira song) (feat. Maluma), 2018 *"Trap", a song by Elizaveta from ''Messenger'' *"The Trap", a song from '' Playland'' by Johnny Marr *"The Trap", a song from '' Good & Evil'' by Tally Hall * ''Traps'' (album), 2012 by Jaill * "Traps", a single from the

Bloc Party Bloc Party are an English rock band, composed of Kele Okereke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, sampler), Russell Lissack (lead guitar, keyboards), Justin Harris (bass guitar, keyboards, saxophones, backing vocals) and Louise Bartle (d ...

album '' Alpha Games'', 2021 * Traps, a stage name used by the drummer

Buddy Rich Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York ...

Other uses in art and entertainment

* ''Trap'' (novel), by Peter Mathers, 1966 *

Claptrap Claptrap is a fictional character that appears in the Gearbox Software video game series ''Borderlands''. He is considered the franchise's mascot, and often serves as the comic relief throughout the games. Claptrap initially received widespread ne ...

, a fictional character from ''Borderlands'' *

Trap room There are different types of theatres, but they all have three major parts in common. Theatres are divided into two main sections, the house and the stage; there is also a backstage area in many theatres. The house is the seating area for guests wat ...

, a part of a theatre * Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–39), a New Deal art project

Biology and medicine

Trapezius The trapezius is a large paired trapezoid-shaped surface muscle that extends longitudinally from the occipital bone to the lower thoracic vertebrae of the spine and laterally to the spine of the scapula. It moves the scapula and supports ...

, a muscle * Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation *

Mediator (coactivator) Mediator is a multiprotein complex that functions as a transcriptional coactivator in all eukaryotes. It was discovered in 1990 in the lab of Roger D. Kornberg, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Mediator complexes interact with t ...

or thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins * TNF-related activation protein, also known as CD40 ligand * Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter, in prokaryotes * ''trp'' RNA-binding attenuation protein, in bacilli * US

TRAP law Abortion is the termination of human pregnancy, often performed in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court in '' Roe v. Wade'' recognized a constitutional right to obtain an abortion without excessive government ...

s ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers") *

TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPSsubscription needed) is a periodic fever syndrome associated with mutations in a receptor (biochemistry), receptor for the molecule tumor necrosis factors, tumor necrosis factor (TNF) that is inheri ...

(TRAPS) *

Twin reversed arterial perfusion Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence, also called TRAP sequence, TRAPS, or acardiac twinning, is a rare complication of monochorionic twin pregnancies. It is a severe variant of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS). In addition to the ...

, a twin pregnancy abnormality

Games

Trap (chess) In chess, a trap is a move which tempts the opponent to play a losing move. Traps are common in all phases of the game; in the opening, some traps have occurred often enough that they have acquired names. List of chess traps Ordered by chess ope ...

Trap (poker) Slow playing (also called sandbagging or trapping) is a deceptive play in poker where a player bets weakly or passively with a strong holding. It is the opposite of fast playing. A flat call can be a form of slow playing. The objective of slow p ...

, a strategy * Trap pass, see

Glossary of contract bridge terms These terms are used in contract bridge, using duplicate or rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in whist, bid whist, the obsolete game auction bridge, and other trick-taking games. This glossary supplements the Glossary of card game ter ...

Places

Tarap, Attock Tarap is a village and Union Council situated on the bank of river Sawan in the Attock District of Punjab province in Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. ...

, a village in Pakistan *

Trap, Mogila Trap ( mk, Трап) is a small village in the municipality of Mogila, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Dobruševo. Demographics According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 175 inhabitants. Ethnic ...

, a village in North Macedonia * Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales, United Kingdom * Trap Grounds, a nature reserve in Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Science and technology

Chemical trap In chemistry, a chemical trap is a chemical compound that is used to detect unstable compounds. The method relies on efficiency of bimolecular reactions with reagents to produce a more easily characterize trapped product. In some cases, the trappi ...

, a chemical compound that is used to detect unstable compounds *

Petroleum trap In petroleum geology, a trap is a geological structure affecting the reservoir rock and caprock of a petroleum system allowing the accumulation of hydrocarbons in a reservoir. Traps can be of two types: stratigraphic or structural. Structural tr ...

, a geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir *

Trap rock Trap rock, also known as either trapp or trap, is any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic intrusive or extrusive igneous rock. Types of trap rock include basalt, peridotite, diabase, and gabbro.Neuendorf, K.K.E., J.P. Mehl, Jr., and J.A. ...

, any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic igneous rock * Trap and trace device, records any number called by, or calling, a particular telephone *

Trap (plumbing) In plumbing, a trap is a U-shaped portion of pipe designed to trap liquid or gas to prevent unwanted flow; most notably sewer gases from entering buildings while allowing waste materials to pass through. In oil refineries, traps are used to ...

, a pipe to prevent the release of gases *

Trap (printing) In printing, trap expresses the degree to which ink already printed on a substrate accepts another layer printed on top of it compared to how well the substrate (e.g., paper) accepts that ink. However, in the era of prepress software, the term ca ...

, a commercial-printing technique to overcome registration problems

Computing

Interrupt In digital computers, an interrupt (sometimes referred to as a trap) is a request for the processor to ''interrupt'' currently executing code (when permitted), so that the event can be processed in a timely manner. If the request is accepted ...

, a request for the processor to interrupt executing code * A type of

Simple Network Management Protocol Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet Standard protocol for collecting and organizing information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behaviour. Devices that typically ...

Protocol Data Unit used to report an alert or other asynchronous event about a managed subsystem * Intercepting normal method calls via a proxy object

Sports

* Neutral zone trap, an ice hockey defensive strategy * Sand trap, a type of

bunker (golf) A hazard is an area of a golf course in the sport of golf which provides a difficult obstacle, which may be of two types: (1) water hazards such as lakes and rivers; and (2) man-made hazards such as bunkers. The governing body for the game of ...

* Starting Traps, the equipment that racing greyhounds start a race from *

Trap shooting Trap shooting, or trapshooting in North America, is one of the three major disciplines of competitive clay pigeon shooting, which is shooting shotguns at clay targets. The other disciplines are skeet shooting and sporting clays. They are disti ...

* Triathlon Association of the Philippines, the governing body for the sport in the Philippines

Transportation

* Trap (car), a secret compartment in an automobile *

Trap (carriage) A trap, pony trap (sometimes pony and trap) or horse trap is a light, often sporty, two-wheeled or sometimes four-wheeled horse- or pony-drawn carriage, usually accommodating two to four persons in various seating arrangements, such as face-to-f ...

, a type of horse-drawn carriage * Traffic-related

air pollution Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials. There are many different type ...

Other uses

Trapdoor A trapdoor is a sliding or hinged door in a floor or ceiling. It is traditionally small in size. It was invented to facilitate the hoisting of grain up through mills, however, its list of uses has grown over time. The trapdoor has played a pivot ...

Operation Trap Operation Trap (russian: Операция Западня) was a code name of a large-scale Soviet offensive operation during the Soviet-Afghan War which targeted the mujahideen garrison of the Kokari-Sharshari fortified supply base. The active ...

, code name of a large-scale Soviet offensive operation against the Mujahideen supply base of Karkari-Sharshari *

Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel A Marine expeditionary unit (MEU, pronounced as one syllable "" IPA: ) is the smallest air-ground task force (MAGTF) in the United States Fleet Marine Force.Ambush An ambush is a long-established military tactics, military tactic in which a combatant uses an advantage of concealment or the element of surprise to attack unsuspecting enemy combatants from concealed positions, such as among dense underbru ...

Booby trap A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or another animal. It is triggered by the presence or actions of the victim and sometimes has some form of bait designed to lure the victim towards it. The trap m ...

Sand trap (disambiguation) A sand trap can be: *Bunker (golf), a hazard in the game of golf *Catch points, designed to stop runaway railroad cars *Run-off area A run-off area is an area on a motorsport race track used for racer safety. Run-off areas are usually located al ...

* The Trap (disambiguation) * Trapped (disambiguation) * Trapper (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo