| bootstrap | (noun) a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on | - |
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| (verb) help oneself, often through improvised means | - |
| claptrap | (noun) pompous or pretentious talk or writing | Synonyms: blah, bombast, fustian, rant |
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| crap | (noun) Obscene word for unacceptable behavior | Synonyms: bull, bullshit, dogshit, horseshit, Irish bull, shit |
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| (noun) obscene terms for feces | Synonyms: dirt, poop, shit, shite, turd |
| (verb) have a bowel movement | Synonyms: ca-ca, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit |
| deathtrap | (noun) any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed | - |
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| entrap | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, snare, trammel, trap |
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| (verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, frame, set up |
| enwrap | (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, enfold, envelop, wrap |
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| firetrap | (noun) a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire | - |
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| flytrap | (noun) a trap for catching flies | - |
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| frap | (verb) take up the slack of | - |
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| (verb) make secure by lashing | - |
| jockstrap | (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jock, supporter, suspensor |
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| mantrap | (noun) a trap for catching trespassers | - |
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| (noun) a very attractive or seductive looking woman | Synonyms: beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart |
| mousetrap | (noun) (American football) a play in 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 | Synonyms: trap play |
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| (noun) a trap for catching mice | - |
| rap | (noun) the act of hitting vigorously | Synonyms: belt, knock, whack, whang |
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| (noun) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame |
| (noun) voluble conversation | - |
| (noun) genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged | Synonyms: hip-hop, rap music |
| (noun) the sound made by a gentle blow | Synonyms: pat, tap |
| (noun) a gentle blow | Synonyms: strike, tap |
| (verb) talk volubly | - |
| (verb) strike sharply | Synonyms: knap |
| (verb) perform rap music | - |
| (verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: knock, pink, tap |
| rattrap | (noun) a trap for catching rats | - |
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| (noun) filthy run-down dilapidated housing | - |
| (noun) a difficult entangling situation | - |
| satrap | (noun) a governor of a province in ancient Persia | - |
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| scrap | (noun) the act of fighting; any contest or struggle | Synonyms: combat, fight, fighting |
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| (noun) a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used | - |
| (noun) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole | Synonyms: bit, chip, flake, fleck |
| (noun) worthless material that is to be disposed of | Synonyms: rubbish, trash |
| (verb) make into scrap or refuse | - |
| (verb) have a disagreement over something | Synonyms: altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel |
| (verb) dispose of (something useless or old) | Synonyms: junk, trash |
| shrinkwrap | (verb) wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling | - |
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| strap | (noun) whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging | - |
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| (noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position | - |
| (noun) a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag | Synonyms: shoulder strap |
| (noun) hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it | - |
| (verb) secure (a sprained joint) with a strap | - |
| (verb) sharpen with a strap | - |
| (verb) tie with a strap | - |
| (verb) beat severely with a whip or rod | Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, slash, trounce, welt, whip |
| suntrap | (noun) a terrace or garden oriented to take advantage of the sun while protected from cold winds | Synonyms: solar trap |
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| trap | (noun) the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise | Synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lying in wait |
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| (noun) a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned | - |
| (noun) a light two-wheeled carriage | - |
| (noun) a hazard on a golf course | Synonyms: bunker, sand trap |
| (noun) a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters | - |
| (noun) drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas | - |
| (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, gob, hole, maw, yap |
| (noun) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares | Synonyms: snare |
| (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trammel |
| (verb) hold or catch as if in a trap | - |
| (verb) to hold fast or prevent from moving | Synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, pin |
| (verb) to sell marijuana on a street corner | - |
| (verb) place in a confining or embarrassing position | Synonyms: pin down |
| unstrap | (verb) remove the strap or straps from | - |
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| unwrap | (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover |
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| (verb) remove the outer cover or wrapping of | Synonyms: undo |
| watchstrap | (noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: bracelet, watch bracelet, watchband, wristband |
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| wrap | (noun) cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person | Synonyms: wrapper |
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| (noun) the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped | Synonyms: wrapper, wrapping |
| (noun) a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla | - |
| (verb) arrange or fold as a cover or protection | Synonyms: wrap up |
| (verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering | Synonyms: enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap |
| (verb) arrange or coil around | Synonyms: roll, twine, wind |
| (verb) crash into so as to coil around | - |