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steel trap

noun

  1. a trap for catching animals, consisting of spring-operated steel jaws with sharp projections that clamp shut.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of steel trap1

First recorded in 1725–35
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Example Sentences

To this day, within military aviation, he is famous for his "steel trap" mind and his unflappable demeanor.

He is as smart as a steel trap, too, is Burton, and has done me good service twice before.

Then the great yellow tusks would clash together with a sharp, ringing sound horribly suggestive of a steel trap closing.

Laying on the ground, his foot caught in a wicked looking steel trap, was an elderly man.

He rolled back a small rug in the middle of the floor to expose a massive steel trap door.

Mother aint much for book learnin', and Jen's as smart as a steel trap, if she is ours.

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