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traprock

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trap⋅rock

  [trap-rok]
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–noun
trap 3 .
Origin:
1805–15; trap 3 + rock 1

trap

3  [trap] ,
–noun Geology.
any of various fine-grained, dark-colored igneous rocks having a more or less columnar structure, esp. some form of basalt.
Also called traprock.

Origin:
1785–95; < Sw trapp, var. of trappa stair (so named from the stepped appearance of their outcrops) < MLG trappe. See trap 1
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trap

  1. n.
    the mouth. (Crude.) : Put this in your trap and chew it up.
  2. n.
    a low place; a dive. : This trap is a mess. Clean it up!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

trap  (n.)
late O.E. træppe "snare, trap," from P.Gmc. *trap- (cf. M.Du. trappe "trap, snare"), related to Gmc. words for "stair, step, tread" (cf. M.Du., M.L.G. trappe, treppe, Ger. Treppe "step, stair"). Probably connected to O.Fr. trape, Sp. trampa "trap, pit, snare," but the exact relationship is uncertain. The connecting notion seems to be "that on which an animal steps." Sense of "deceitful practice, trickery" is first recorded 1681. Sense in speed trap recorded from 1906. Slang meaning "mouth" is from 1776. The verb is attested from 1393 (O.E. had betræppan); trap door is first attested c.1374. Trapper "one who traps animals" (for fur, etc.) is recorded from 1768.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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