ADJ.
better
VERB + MOUSETRAP
build, caught, set
MOUSETRAP + NOUN
california, world
PREP.
in, in, without
ADV.
also, legally
noun
A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage.
Ordinary, everyday cheese.
A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.
Besides depth charges, they were armed with smaller forward firing antisubmarine rocket launchers called mousetraps. Fired in groups, these rockets detonated when they contacted a submarine.
verb
To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation.
He hoped to bring the rebels out of their trenches for a showdown battle somewhere south of the Wilderness, that gloomy expanse of scrub oaks and pines where Lee had mousetrapped Joe Hooker exactly a year earlier.
To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.
The scammer is paid for each new visitor directed to his site. There is nothing wrong except that the user finds it impossible to leave the site because he is mousetrapped.
To create a new product, method, or idea that is better than an existing version of something already common or widely used.
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson
A superior product or idea will naturally attract customers and succeed, even without extensive advertising or promotion.
Besides depth charges, they were armed with smaller forward firing antisubmarine rocket launchers called mousetraps. Fired in groups, these rockets detonated when they contacted a submarine.
WiktionaryHe hoped to bring the rebels out of their trenches for a showdown battle somewhere south of the Wilderness, that gloomy expanse of scrub oaks and pines where Lee had mousetrapped Joe Hooker exactly a
WiktionaryThe scammer is paid for each new visitor directed to his site. There is nothing wrong except that the user finds it impossible to leave the site because he is mousetrapped.
WiktionaryMan invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever have thought to build a mousetrap!
Tatoeba · #753819The dog with the puppy is the master of the house. The cat rids the house of mice, which a mousetrap also does.
Tatoeba · #7355841A mousetrap rids the house of mice.
Tatoeba · #7356342i Register
In some senses, mousetrap is marked as informal, figuratively, British, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.