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 Elizaveta is a village in the municipality of Bălți in the north of Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west ...

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 music, 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 Loui ...

album ''

Alpha Games ''Alpha Games'' is the sixth studio album by English indie rock band Bloc Party, released on 29 April 2022. It is the first studio album by the band since 2016's ''Hymns''. It is notably the first album with drummer Louise Bartle, who joined the ...

'', 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, a fictional character from ''Borderlands'' * Trap room, a part of a theatre *

Treasury Relief Art Project The Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) was a New Deal arts program that commissioned visual artists to provide artistic decoration for existing Federal buildings during the Great Depression in the United States. A project of the United States ...

(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 the ...

, a muscle *

Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP or TRAPase), also called acid phosphatase 5, tartrate resistant (ACP5), is a glycosylated monomeric metalloprotein enzyme expressed in mammals. It has a molecular weight of approximately 35kDa, a basic iso ...

, 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 tra ...

or thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins *

TNF-related activation protein CD154, also called CD40 ligand or CD40L, is a protein that is primarily expressed on activated T cells and is a member of the TNF superfamily of molecules. It binds to CD40 on antigen-presenting cells (APC), which leads to many effects depending ...

, also known as CD40 ligand *

Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporters (TRAP transporters) are a large family of solute transporters found in bacteria and archaea, but not in eukaryotes, that appear to be specific for the uptake of organic acids or related molecules ...

, 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 r ...

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 for the molecule tumor necrosis factor (TNF) that is inheritable in an autosomal dominant manner. Individual ...

(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 tw ...

, 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), 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 terms. ...

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. It is administered by Jand Tehsil Jand Tehsil (in Punjabi جنڈ تحصیل ) is a tehsil of Attock District in Pun ...

, a village in Pakistan * Trap, Mogila, a village in North Macedonia *

Trap, Carmarthenshire Trap (or Trapp in English spelling) is a hamlet in the county of Carmarthenshire in southwest Wales, located on the western border of the Brecon Beacons National Park, around four miles southeast of the town of Llandeilo. It is unclear whether the ...

, a hamlet in Wales, United Kingdom *

Trap Grounds The Trap Grounds (aka Trap Grounds Town Green) is a nature reserve in north Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, owned by Oxford City Council. Overview The site is to the east of the railway line and the Burgess Field Nature Park, to the west of the ...

, 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 tra ...

, 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 A trap and trace device captures incoming phone calls to a particular number, similar to a how a pen register captures outgoing phone calls. Description Title 18 of the United States Code defines a trap and trace device as follows: : The term ...

, 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 p ...

, 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 In computer programming, the proxy pattern is a software design pattern. A ''proxy'', in its most general form, is a class functioning as an interface to something else. The proxy could interface to anything: a network connection, a large object in ...

Sports

Neutral zone trap The neutral zone trap (often referred to as simply the trap) is a defensive strategy used in ice hockey to prevent an opposing team from proceeding through the neutral zone (the area between the blue lines) and to force turnovers. Description ...

, an ice hockey defensive strategy * Sand trap, a type of bunker (golf) * 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 disting ...

Triathlon Association of the Philippines The Triathlon Association of the Philippines is the national governing body for Triathlon in the Philippines. It is accredited by the International Triathlon Union which is the governing body for the sport of Triathlon in the world. The associati ...

, the governing body for the sport in the Philippines

Transportation

Trap (car) Concealment devices or diversion safes are used to hide things for the purpose of secrecy or security. They are made from an ordinary household object such as a book, a soda can, a candle, a can, or something as small as a coin. The idea is tha ...

, 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-fa ...

, 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 types ...

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, code name of a large-scale Soviet offensive operation against the Mujahideen supply base of Karkari-Sharshari * Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, a U.S. military term for a rescue mission to retrieve a downed aircraft