(informal) An event or mindset that can cause a person to lose enthusiasm and become discouraged from starting or continuing a project.

A kind of bell-shaped stench trap.

plural of rattle trap

(chiefly US) A situation where the welfare system discourages people who receive government public assistance payments from entering low-paid work because such work does not produce a significant income increase.

plural of poverty trap

The sport of shooting at pigeons liberated, or glass balls or clay pigeons launched into the air, from a trap.

Alternative form of deathtrap

plural of fish trap

plural of fish-trap

A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.