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Meanings of trap play in English

(American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated.

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        Examples for "mousetrap"
        Examples for "mousetrap"
        1
        His face was calm and unchanged as when setting a mousetrap.
        The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search o...
        2
        Not enough, sir, in all the 'ouse to bait a mousetrap.
        At a Winter's Fire
        3
        He threw the little plastic mousetrap as far from him as he could.
        Smoke and mirrors: short fictions and illusions
        4
        The house is as melancholy as- Ifeelas if I were in a mousetrap-
        Westways: A Village Chronicle
        5
        This is not old style, better mousetrap type competition or I'm out pricing you.
        The new yorker
        Usage of trap play in English
        1
        What is this, some kind've trap play to see if I'm-
        Man in the Middle
        2
        He said, "Footballers call it the trap play We distract ourselves trying to protect the President, and they use the diversion to escape."
        The President's Assassin
        3
        At the house of an English friend, on Christmas Eve, we saw the Mouse- Trap played and well played.
        Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)
        4
        "And I don't want to be trapped playing nanny to a pint-sized Were with even less charm than myself." His voice was sheer ice.
        Darkness unleashed