Trap

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
• Traps (1998 film), a Czech film by Věra Chytilová
• 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
• EDM trap music, a subgenre of electronic dance music that originated in the 2010s
• Trap (album), 2000 by Dead Man Ray
• Traps (album), 2012 by Jaill
• Trap (EP), debut by Henry, 2013
• "Trap" (song), by Shakira featuring Maluma, 2018
• Traps, a stage name used by the drummer Buddy Rich
• "Trap", a song by Elizaveta from Messenger
• "Traps", a single from the Bloc Party album Alpha Games, 2021

Other uses in art and entertainment

• Trap (novel), by Peter Mathers, 1966
• Traps (novel), a 2013 novel by MacKenzie Scott
• A Dangerous Game (novel), a 1956 novel by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, known as Traps in the United States
• Trap room, a part of a theatre
• Treasury Relief Art Project (1935-39), a New Deal art project

• Trapezius, a muscle
• Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, a metalloenzyme involved in bone formation
• Thyroid hormone receptor-associated protein, part of the mediator coactivator
• 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

• Trap (chess)
• Trap (poker), a strategy
• Trap pass, see Glossary of contract bridge terms

• 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

• Chemical trap, a chemical compound that is used to detect unstable compounds
• Ion trap, the use of electric fields to isolate atoms or particles
  • Electron beam ion trap, an electromagnetic bottle that produces and confines highly charged ions
• Ion trapping, an effect of pH differences across a cell membrane
• Magnetic trap, the use of magnetic fields to isolate neutral 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, 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

• 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
• Trap shooting
• Triathlon Association of the Philippines, the governing body for the sport in the Philippines

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

• Trapping, using a device (a trap) to capture an animal
• 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