snare

Noun

• a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

• strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit

• a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities

• a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head

• something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares
  • the exam was full of trap questions
    
  • it was all a snare and delusion
    

Verb

• entice and trap
  • The car salesman had snared three potential customers
    

• catch in or as if in a trap
  • The men trap foxes
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gin , noose , snare drum , side drum , trap , hook , entrap , ensnare , trammel