Miss
Miss verb - To fail to attend.
Trap
Trap verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.
Usage example: finally trapped the annoying fly in the palm of his hand
How words are described
| common | common miss | common trap |
| single | single miss | single trap |
| massive | massive miss | massive trap |
| big | big miss | big trap |
| Other adjectives: deliberate, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Have fun finding out you walked into your own trap, unequipped a health-buffing item at low hp - or the game considering that you were dumb enough to miss the blisteringly obvious gargoyle trap to consider your death a suicide.
Source: Video Game / Dungeons of Dredmor - Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: In "Death at the Grand", Aunt Prudence is held hostage and forced to call Phryne to lure her into a trap.
Source: Out-of-Character Alert -
Unfortunately for the murderer, the whole trick had been set up as a trap; among the additions was a trick shot specialist firing the gun with orders to miss.
Source: Bullet Catch
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