mousetrap

Meanings

Noun

• A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents.
• A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage. Frequently used by advertisers and pornographers.
• Ordinary, everyday cheese.
• A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved.
• An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard.

Verb

• To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation.
• To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.

Related

Similar words

• mousefall

Origin

• From Middle English mouse-trappe, mous trappe, mouse trape, equivalent to . Cognate with Dutch muizetrap, muizentrap, German Low German Muustrappe, Muustrapp. In the Internet sense, refers to a computer mouse.