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Definitions for Snare

[1] a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
[2] anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.
[3] Surgery . a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.
[4] to catch with a snare; entangle.
[5] to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going.
[6] one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
[7] a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey
[8] 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
[9] anything that traps or entangles someone or something unawares
[10] to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare
[11] to catch or trap in or as if in a snare; capture by trickery
[12] 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

Words related to Snare

entangle, enmesh, corral, lure, wire, bait, temptation, decoy, trick, enticement, come-on, catch, noose, net, allurement, deception, pitfall, quicksand, entrapment, seduce

Words nearby Snare

snappy, snapshoot, snapshooter, snapshot, snaptin, snare, snare drum, snarf, snark, snarky, snarl

Origin of Snare

21680–90; < Middle Low German snare or Middle Dutch snaer string; replacing Old English snēr string of a musical instrument

Other words from Snare

snare·less , adjective
snar·er , noun
snar·ing·ly , adverb
un·snared , adjective

Word origin for Snare

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

Synonyms for Snare

allurement, bait, catch, come-on, deception, decoy, enticement, entrapment, lure, net, noose, pitfall, quicksand, temptation, trick, wire, booby trap, inveiglement, seducement