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Definition of Trap play

1. Noun. (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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trap Play

Literary usage of Trap play

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Shakespeare by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1922)
"... "Mouse-Trap" play, but not by the dumb-show which revealed its action ; and why Hamlet made no use of the advantage gained by the ' ' Mouse-Trap ..."

2. Shakespeare by Raymond Macdonald Alden (1922)
"There are minor matters which it also fails to make clear: why Hamlet treated Ophelia as he did; why the king was so disturbed by Hamlet's "Mouse-Trap" play ..."

3. Poet Lore (1905)
"... solid earth into futurity at a fiend's bidding; the Mouse-trap play-test was a thrilling climax to that second act so full of ' conjecture, expectation, ..."

4. Shakespeare on the Stage by William Winter (1911)
"The throneroom, when arranged for the "Mouse Trap" play, disclosed a miniature stage, with the Player-King airily perched on a modern step- ladder, ..."

5. God and the Struggle for Existence by Charles Frederick D'Arcy, Burnett Hillman Streeter, Lily Dougall (1919)
"hours or criminal nations what part can the sword, the gun and the man-trap play? Or even if all swords are beaten into policemen's batons, what part is the ..."

6. A Guide to the Best Fiction in English by William Winter, George Saintsbury, Ernest Albert Baker (1913)
"... moments of the tragedy,—such as Hamlet's first meeting with the Ghost; his parting with Ophelia; his delirium at the climax of "the mouse trap" play, ..."

7. The Wallet of Time: Containing Personal, Biographical, and Critical by William Winter (1913)
"... his delirium at the climax of "the mouse trap" play, and his frenzied joy and horror at the killing of Polonius,—he conspicuously lacked the passion ..."

8. Werner's Magazine: A Magazine of Expression by Music Teachers National Association (1901)
"... his parting with Ophelia, his delirium at the climax of "the mouse-trap" play, and his frenzied joy and horror at the killing of Polonius, ..."

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