mousetrap
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noun
1.
2.
a device, machine, or the like whose structure or function suggests a trap for mice.
3.
a device, system, or stratagem for detecting and catching someone in an unauthorized or illegal act.
4.
verb (used with object)
5.
Informal.
a.
to trap or snare: traffic cops mousetrapping drunken drivers.
b.
to manipulate by devious or clever means; trick or outwit: to mousetrap the witness into a contradiction.
6.
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7.
build a better mousetrap, to make or offer a superior product.
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| —n | |
| 1. | any trap for catching mice, esp one with a spring-loaded metal bar that is released by the taking of the bait |
| 2. | informal (Brit) cheese of indifferent quality |
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Example sentences
So you have built the better mousetrap--the world's best mousetrap, you think.
Mousetrap cars are an old standby for science projects in grade school.
But its makers have built a better mousetrap in a number of important ways.
In the last five or six years, it became evident that building a better mousetrap wasn't enough.
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