trap /træp/ n. pl. traps 1. * A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body 2. * A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense 3. * A transvestite, as pointed out by Admiral Ackbar "It's a trap!" ―Admiral Ackbar v. to trap, third-person singular simple present traps, present active participle trapping, simple perfect and passive participle trapped 1. * To catch in a trap 2. * To pwn with a Death Star