Definition of Snare
Noun: snare snehr
- Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
"it was all a snare and delusion";
- trap
- A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- snare drum, side drum
- A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- Strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
- gin, noose
- (hunting) catch in or as if in a trap
"The men snare foxes";
- trap, entrap, ensnare, trammel
- Entice and trap
"The car salesman had snared three potential customers";
- hook
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