Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊstrap/
noun
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a trap for catching and usually killing mice, especially one with a spring bar which snaps down on to the mouse when it touches a piece of cheese or other bait attached to the mechanism.
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(also mousetrap cheese) [mass noun] British informal cheese of poor quality.
verb
[with object] North American informal-
induce (someone) to do something by means of a trick: the editor mousetrapped her into giving him an article
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block (a user’s) efforts to exit from a website, usually one to which they have been redirected.
