Trap

A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research.

Trap or TRAP may also refer to:

Art and entertainment

Trap music (EDM), a subgenre of electronic dance music that originated in the 2010s
Trap music, a subgenre of hip-hop that originated in the 1990s
Trap (Henry Lau EP), or the title song (feat. Taemin and Kyuhyun), 2013
Trap (Dead Man Ray album), 2000
"Trap" (Shakira song) (feat. Maluma), 2018
"Trap", a song by Elizaveta from Messenger
"The Trap", a song from Playland by Johnny Marr
"The Trap", a song from Good & Evil by Tally Hall
Traps (album), 2012 by Jaill

Trap (novel), a 1966 novel by Peter Mathers
Trap (poker), a strategy
Claptrap, a fictional character from Borderlands
Trap pass, a manoeuvre in bidding at contract bridge; see Glossary of contract bridge terms#trappass
Trap room, a part of a theatre
Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–39), a New Deal art project
Trap, a slang term used in the anime/manga community to refer to Otokonoko characters, along with other especially effeminate men.

Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation
Thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins (TRAPs), transcriptional coactivators
TNF-related activation protein, also known as CD40 ligand
Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter, in prokaryotes
trp RNA-binding attenuation protein, in bacilli
TRAP law ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers"), a type of legislation used to restrict abortion providers
TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS)
Trapezius muscle
Twin reversed arterial perfusion, a twin pregnancy abnormality

Chemical trap, a chemical compound that is used to detect unstable compounds
Petroleum trap, a geological structure that creates a petroleum reservoir
Trap rock, any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic igneous rock
Trap and trace device, records any number called by, or calling, a particular telephone
Trap (computing), a code or signal designed to capture errors and reveal where they are
Trap (plumbing), a pipe to prevent the release of gases
Trap (printing), a commercial-printing technique to overcome registration problems

Neutral zone trap, an ice hockey defensive strategy
Sand trap, a type of bunker (golf)
Starting Traps, the equipment that racing greyhounds start a race from
Trap shooting
Triathlon Association of the Philippines, the governing body for the sport in the Philippines

Trap (chess)
Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales, United Kingdom
Trap Grounds, a nature reserve in Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Tarap, Attock, a village in Pakistan
Trap door
In slang, a crossdresser or transsexual
Operation Trap, code name of a large-scale Soviet offensive operation against the Mujahideen supply base of Karkari-Sharshari
Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, a U.S. military term for a rescue mission to retrieve a downed aircraft