(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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| Type of | trap |
Examples of mousetrap
mousetrap
That, and the fact it had outsmarted the mousetrap, endeared the wee thing to me.
From the dispatch.com
They were trying to build a better mousetrap of hundreds of mousetraps out there.
From the gothamgal.com
Tweety finally actually reduced the mousetrap to practice on February 15, 2006.
From the en.wikipedia.org
There may not be a market for a better mousetrap, but there is for a better nail.
From the ethanzuckerman.com
In the kitchen, we have a mousetrap that has dispatched its share over the years.
From the washingtonpost.com
As a result, we get a long homage to the ingenuity of the Little Nipper mousetrap.
From the guardian.co.uk
Developing a more effective vaccine would be like building a better mousetrap.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Upgrading the humble mousetrap took a number of innovations to come together.
From the economist.com
If the invention is really a mousetrap, it will have a tougher time getting funded.
From the stltoday.com
- A trap for catching mice
- (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
- A mousetrap is a specialized type of animal trap designed primarily to catch mice; however, it may also trap other small animals. Mousetraps are usually set in an indoor location where there is a suspected infestation of rodents. ...
- Locking clothing is designed to prevent wearers from disrobing when doing so is inappropriate. Those who may need such clothes include older adults with old-age conditions such as Alzheimer's Disease, or younger adults and children with disorders from birth.
- The Mousetrap is an informal name for the interchange of Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 in the northern part of Denver, Colorado, USA. The interchange pre-dates the Interstate Highway system, originally built as an intersection between two local roads in 1951. ...
- Mouse Trap (originally titled Mouse Trap Game) is a board game first published by Ideal in 1963 for two or more players. Over the course of the game, players at first cooperate to build a working Rube Goldberg-like mouse trap. ...
- Pac-Man Fever is a 1982 album recorded by Buckner & Garcia. It is also the name of the first song on that album. Each song on the album is about a different classic arcade game, and uses sound effects from that game. ...
- Mousetrap (ASW Marks 20 and 22) was an anti-submarine rocket used mainly during the Second World War by the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. Its development was begun in 1941 as a replacement for Hedgehog, a British-made projector, which was the first ahead-throwing ASW weapon. ...
- The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie. The Mousetrap opened in the West End of London in 1952, and has been running continuously since then. It has the longest initial run of any play in history, with over 24,000 performances so far. ...
