snare

IPA: snˈɛr

A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
A mental or psychological trap.
(veterinary) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
(surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
(music) A set of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin of a drum to create a rattling sound.
(music) A snare drum.
A surname.
(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins whose primary role is to mediate vesicle fusion.

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