snare
1a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.
Surgery. a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.
to catch with a snare; entangle.
to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going.
Origin of snare
1synonym study For snare
Other words for snare
Other words from snare
- snareless, adjective
- snarer, noun
- snar·ing·ly, adverb
- un·snared, adjective
Words Nearby snare
Other definitions for snare (2 of 2)
one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
Origin of snare
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How to use snare in a sentence
He just pats his snare a few times, as if he’s patting us on the back, bringing us into the music with him.
Charlie Watts was a gentleman in the world’s most dangerous band | Chris Richards | August 24, 2021 | Washington PostFluttering in the twilight like a lunch lady’s hairnet gone to war, the mesh would be a snare for O’Keefe’s quarry.
Beware Of Humans | Maggie Koerth (maggie.koerth-baker@fivethirtyeight.com) | April 26, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIn 2019, a global network of telescopes revealed a mass warping spacetime with such fervor that nothing, not even light, could escape its snare.
Einstein’s theory of general relativity unveiled a dynamic and bizarre cosmos | Elizabeth Quill | February 3, 2021 | Science NewsWeighing in at a petite two pounds, this portable bluetooth speaker comes with extra-bass and live-sound modes, which you can tap it to emulate different sounds, like a snare or a kick drum.
Best computer speakers: Make music, video chats, and more a whole lot clearer | Jeremy Helligar | January 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceFor customers whose accounts often hover near zero, that convenience is just another snare in a financial trap, said Rebecca Borné, a CRL lawyer who worked on the study.
JPMorgan Chase Bank Wrongly Charged 170,000 Customers Overdraft Fees. Federal Regulators Refused to Penalize It. | by Patrick Rucker, The Capitol Forum | December 14, 2020 | ProPublica
Still more keys engage an array of other sounds, from snare drums and cymbals to awooga horns and sirens.
How to Save Silent Movies: Inside New Jersey’s Cinema Paradiso | Rich Goldstein | October 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMeant to capture fish by the gills (hence the name), they snare anything from sea turtles to dolphins.
New Report Reveals U.S. Fisheries Killing Thousands of Protected and Endangered Species | Abby Haglage | March 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter police confronted Dilello with the wiretaps, she agreed to wear a wire to snare Hagiwara and admit her role in the plot.
The Chronicle of Peggy Hagiwara and a Botched Murder | Christine Pelisek | June 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShould Mr. Greenberg snare a major settlement without A.I.G., the company could face additional lawsuits from other shareholders.
AIG May Sue the Government For An Insufficiently Generous Bailout | Megan McArdle | January 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt has snared, or threatens to snare, millions of taxpayers in the middle class and above.
Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd treaties, of whatever kind with the enemies of God, that are condemned, are to be shunned as a snare to the soul.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamIt was when she found a reindeer caught in the vines that she took the first step in making a snare.
The Later Cave-Men | Katharine Elizabeth DoppThis granted, how can we know whether God wants to instruct us or to lay a snare for us?
Superstition In All Ages (1732) | Jean MeslierLooking back, he saw that his fear of the world had been nothing to his fear of women, of the half-spiritual, half-sensual snare.
The Creators | May Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for snare (1 of 2)
/ (snɛə) /
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
to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare
to catch or trap in or as if in a snare; capture by trickery
Origin of snare
1Derived forms of snare
- snareless, adjective
- snarer, noun
British Dictionary definitions for snare (2 of 2)
/ (snɛə) /
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
Origin of snare
2Collins 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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