Definition of "mousetrap" []

• A trap for catching mice. (noun)
• To trap or ensnare, as by a stratagem. (verb-transitive)

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• "You see, OOL researchers aren't interested in whether their mousetrap is reasonable or not."
• "Olegt steps on rake, smashes nose, steps backwards onto shovel, whacks head, stumbles forward into ditch, crawls out puts hand in mousetrap, falls backwards into wedding cake, large drooling St. Bernard licks icing off his face, and … cut!"
• "I'm guessing it's called a mousetrap because there's a spring that wants to push the piece down."