trap

1. slang One's mouth. You'd better keep your trap shut if you know what's good for you! I decided to close my trap after she shot me that withering look.

2. The trapezius muscle. Usually referred to in pairs. He had incredibly well defined traps and lats. I think I pulled the trap on my right side during that exercise.

traps

n. the trapezium muscles, considered in pairs. (Bodybuilding.) This exercise is really good for your traps.

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References in classic literature

"My trap for crooks and cracksmen is a bottle of hocussed whiskey, and I guess that's it on the table, with the silver label around its neck.

So I put up a yarn about a wager we had made about this very trap of Maguire's.

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POLICE are appealing for information after an illegally set animal trap was discovered in Bridgend.

Animal trap found at nature reserve

Multi-funnel traps (Lindgren 1983) have been shown to be a promising tool for catching emerald ash borer (Francese et al.

Alternative survey methods for the emerald ash borer

BODY-GRIPPING or CONIBEAR traps are mainly used for water animals, such as muskrat, mink, and beaver.

Running the TRAPLINE: Both for wildlife management and as a source of income, fur trapping has a productive history as a useful homesteading skill

(2001) showed that approximately 94% of American lobsters that entered standard traps ultimately escaped and, of those that escaped, 28% exited through the escape vents in the parlor; the remaining 72% escaped from the kitchen, where the bait was located, through one of the 2 entrances.

Underwater video surveillance of American lobsters (Homarus americanus) to understand saturation levels in lobster traps

As for orthopterans, we observed that many mantises were attracted more efficiently by diffuse light (camp lamp in tents, classic neon, low energy consumption lamps) than by the 250W UV light traditionally used in light traps for moths and beetles.

Diversity of mantids (Dictyoptera: Mantodea) of Sangha-Mbaere Region, Central African Republic, with some ecological data and DNA barcoding

He said growers, having more than 12 and half acres orchards were provided 30 percent subsidy while small growers were availing 50 percent subsidy on special traps of methyl eugenol, protein hydrolycet, malathion and plastic traps.

Punjab Govt extends subsidy on traps to control fruit flies

Keywords: disease mitigation, live traps, mouse, Peromyscus, sexual bias, temporal, trapping

Influence of scent and season on Sherman live trap captures of Peromyscus

2008, 2010), including extensive trapping experiments, we know that trap capture in female-baited traps in some locations can be as high as 150 males per night (J.

Sticky traps saturate with navel orangeworm in a nonlinear fashion

Biologists have observed that pitcher plants "have pretty lousy traps," says Ulrike Bauer of the University of Bristol in England.

Fairly bad pitcher traps triumph in the end

Skylanders Trap Team is compatible with more than 175 unique toys from all previous games -- Skylanders SWAP ForceaAaAo, Skylanders GiantsaAaAo and Skylanders Spyro's AdventureEeA -- every character also will be able to defeat and trap villains using Traptanium Traps, providing fans more ways to enjoy their collections.

Skylanders Trap TeamaAaAo On Store Shelves Now - Franchise That Pioneered The Toys-To-Life Category Introduces Another Groundbreaking Innovation

Under the contract, the traps are provided once every five years and they are distributed only through the centre and its agricultural extension centres.

14,000 pest control traps distributed in Capital

Scarbrough [30] collected 8 males and 18 females (1 male:2.25 females) in two Malaise traps over a period of three years.

Report on a large collection of Merope tuber newman, 1838 (Mecoptera: Meropeidae), from Arkansas, with notes on collection technique, sex ratio, and male clasper size