trap house en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From trap (“a vehicle or location used for drug exchange or manufacture”) + house.
Meanings
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(qualifier:African-American Vernacular) A place where illegal drugs are manufactured, packaged for sale, or sold on the street.
2015, Anthony Abraham Jack, "Crisscrossing Boundaries: Variation in Experiences with Class Marginality Among Lower-Income, Black Undergraduates at an Elite College", in Elizabeth M. Lee & Chaise LaDousa (eds.), College Students’ Experiences of Power and Marginality: Sharing Spaces and Negotiating Differences, Routledge, →ISBN reporting a respondent's statement. We have a couple of trap houses on our block. Trap houses like drug houses, drug dealers.
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(qualifier:gun sports; trap shooting; gun sports; trap shooting) A small building from which targets are launched.
2010 October, United States Marine Corps F-35B West Coast Basing Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Vol. I, page 141. It was used to train aerial gunners in proper firing techniques by placing the gunner in a vehicle, which was driven around the track, while the gunner fired at targets launched from trap houses.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| traphouse | alternative | lexicographic | |
| trap houses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| trap-house | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
trap car · trap phone · trap music · shooting gallery