Definitions For Snare

noun

• A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
• Strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
• 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
• A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
• Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
• A device that has a loop (called a noose) which gets smaller when the end of it is pulled and that is used to catch animals : a kind of trap
• A position or situation from which it is difficult to escape

verb

• Entice and trap
• Catch in or as if in a trap
• To catch (an animal) in a snare
• To cause (something) to become caught in something (such as a net or trap)
• To win or get (something) by skillful action or good luck