Trap

A trap is a device used for trapping animals.

Trap or TRAP may also refer to:

Films and television

 * Trap (2015 film), Filipino film
 * Trap (2024 film), an American thriller by M. Night Shyamalan
 * Traps (1994 film), Australian film by Pauline Chan
 * A Trap (1997), Polish film
 * Trap (TV series), a 2019 South Korean television series
 * Traps (TV series), a 1994 American police family drama

Music

 * Trap music, a subgenre of hip hop that originated in the 1990s in the Southeastern United States
 * Trap music (EDM), a subgenre of electronic dance music that originated in the 2010s
 * Trap (EP), debut by Henry, 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
 * "Traps", a single from the Bloc Party album Alpha Games, 2021
 * Traps, a stage name used by the drummer Buddy Rich

Other uses in art and entertainment

 * Trap (novel), by Peter Mathers, 1966
 * Traps (Scott novel), a 2013 novel by MacKenzie Scott
 * A Dangerous Game (novel), a 1956 novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, known as Traps in the United States
 * Claptrap, a fictional character from Borderlands
 * Trap room, a part of a theatre
 * Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–39), a New Deal art project

Biology and medicine

 * Trapezius, a muscle
 * Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation
 * Mediator (coactivator) or thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins
 * TNF-related activation protein, also known as CD40 ligand
 * Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter, in prokaryotes
 * trp RNA-binding attenuation protein, in bacilli
 * US TRAP laws ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers")
 * TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS)
 * Twin reversed arterial perfusion, a twin pregnancy abnormality

Games

 * Trap (chess)
 * Trap (poker), a strategy
 * Trap pass, see Glossary of contract bridge terms

Places

 * Tarap, Attock, a village in Pakistan
 * Trap, Mogila, a village in North Macedonia
 * Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales, United Kingdom
 * Trap Grounds, a nature reserve in Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Science and technology

 * Chemical trap, a chemical compound that is used to detect unstable compounds
 * Magnetic trap, the use of magnetic fields to isolate atoms or particles
 * Petroleum trap, a geological structure that forms a petroleum reservoir
 * Social trap. a psychological system where people, operating for short-term individual gains, lead to long-term group losses.
 * 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 (plumbing), a pipe to prevent the release of gases
 * Trap (printing), a commercial-printing technique to overcome registration problem

Computing

 * Interrupt, a request for the processor to interrupt executing code
 * A type of Simple Network Management Protocol Protocol Data Unit used to report an alert or other asynchronous event about a managed subsystem
 * Intercepting normal method calls via a proxy object

Sports

 * 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

Transportation

 * Trap (car), a secret compartment in an automobile
 * Trap (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage
 * Traffic-related air pollution

Other uses

 * Trapdoor
 * 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
 * Training-Repayment-Agreement Provision, a part of an employment bond or contract which stipulates that the cost of on-the-job training will be borne by the employee
 * Passing (gender) (slang)