mouse·trap
ˈmau̇s-ˌtrap 
1
: a trap for mice
2
: a stratagem that lures one to defeat or destruction
mousetrapped; mousetrapping; mousetraps
: to snare in or as if in a mousetrap
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Undeterred, Halpin and team endeavor to continue to build a better mousetrap.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
But if their previous pictures felt like ornate, twisted little mousetraps, The Devil’s Bath feels less precise, more cosmic.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Undeterred, Halpin and team endeavor to continue to build a better mousetrap.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
Verb
All of that seems to have been forgotten, though, in the rush to better mousetrap the category with extreme levels of brightness, unconventional form factors, solar charging, and other needless complication.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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“Mousetrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mousetrap. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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