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Mousetrap

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a play in American football by which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated

polysemous

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unclassified

Variants

synonym
trap play
plural
Mousetraps
possessive
Mousetrap's
pluralpossessive
Mousetraps'