A trap is a device used for trapping animals. Trap or TRAP may also refer to:

Art and entertainment

Films and television

* ''Trap'' (2015 film), a Filipino film * ''Trap'' (2024 film), an American film by M. Night Shyamalan * ''Traps'' (1985 film), an Australian film by John Hughes * ''Traps'' (1994 film), an Australian film by Pauline Chan * '' A Trap'', a 1997 Polish film * ''Trap'' (TV series), a 2019 South Korean television series * ''Traps'' (TV series), a 1994 American police family drama

Music

* Trap music, a subgenre of hip hop that originated in the 1990s in the Southeastern United States * Trap music (EDM), a subgenre of electronic dance music that originated in the 2010s * ''Trap'' (EP), debut by Henry, 2013 * ''Trap'' (Dead Man Ray album), 2000 * "Trap" (Shakira song) (featuring Maluma), 2018 *"Trap", a song by Elizaveta from ''Messenger'' *"The Trap", a song from '' Playland'' by Johnny Marr *"The Trap", a song from '' Good & Evil'' by Tally Hall * ''Traps'' (album), 2012 by Jaill * "Traps", a single from the Bloc Party album '' Alpha Games'', 2021 * Traps, a stage name used by the drummer Buddy Rich

Other uses in art and entertainment

* ''Trap'' (novel), by Peter Mathers, 1966 * ''Traps'' (Scott novel), a 2013 novel by MacKenzie Scott * ''A Dangerous Game'' (novel), a 1956 novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, known as ''Traps'' in the United States * Claptrap, a fictional character from the ''Borderlands'' video game series * Trap room, a part of a theatre * Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–39), a New Deal art project

Biology and medicine

* Trapezius, a muscle * Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation * Mediator (coactivator) or thyroid hormone receptor-associated proteins * TNF-related activation protein, also known as CD40 ligand * Tripartite ATP-independent periplasmic transporter, in prokaryotes * ''trp'' RNA-binding attenuation protein, in bacilli * US TRAP laws ("Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers") * TNF receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) * Twin reversed arterial perfusion, a twin pregnancy abnormality

Games

* Trap (chess) * Trap (poker), a strategy * Trap pass, see

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Places

* Tarap, Attock, a village in Pakistan * Trap, Mogila, a village in North Macedonia * Trap, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet in Wales, United Kingdom * Trap Grounds, a nature reserve in Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Science and technology

* Chemical trap, a chemical compound that is used to detect unstable compounds * Magnetic trap, the use of magnetic fields to isolate atoms or particles * Petroleum trap, a geological structure that forms a petroleum reservoir * Social trap, a psychological system where people, operating for short-term individual gains, lead to long-term group losses * Trap rock, any dark-colored, fine-grained, non-granitic igneous rock * Trap and trace device, records any number called by, or calling, a particular telephone * Trap (plumbing), a pipe to prevent the release of gases * Trap (printing), a commercial-printing technique to overcome registration problem

Computing

Interrupt In digital computers, an interrupt (sometimes referred to as a trap) is a request for the processor to ''interrupt'' currently executing code (when permitted), so that the event can be processed in a timely manner. If the request is accepted ...

, a request for the processor to interrupt executing code * A type of Simple Network Management Protocol Protocol Data Unit used to report an alert or other asynchronous event about a managed subsystem * Intercepting normal method calls via a proxy object

Sports

* Neutral zone trap, an ice hockey defensive strategy * Sand trap, a type of bunker (golf) * Starting Traps, the equipment that racing greyhounds start a race from *

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* Triathlon Association of the Philippines, the governing body for the sport in the Philippines

Transportation

* Trap (car), a secret compartment in an automobile * Trap (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage * Traffic-related

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Other uses

* Trapdoor * Operation Trap, code name of a large-scale Soviet offensive operation against the Mujahideen supply base of Karkari-Sharshari * Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, a U.S. military term for a rescue mission to retrieve a downed aircraft * Training-Repayment-Agreement Provision, a part of an employment bond or contract which stipulates that the cost of on-the-job training will be borne by the employee