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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Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door—if the world’s actually looking for a better mousetrap.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Wes Siler, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2020
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Noun
The art of building a better mousetrap can be as simple as putting calculators on our smartphones or as complex as adaptive cruise control on our cars.
—Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door—if the world’s actually looking for a better mousetrap.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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 26 Mar. 2025.
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