Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mousetrap
Participle: mousetrapped
Gerund: mousetrapping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | mousetrap |
| you | mousetrap |
| he;she;it | mousetraps |
| we | mousetrap |
| you | mousetrap |
| they | mousetrap |
Perfect
| I | have mousetrapped |
| you | have mousetrapped |
| he;she;it | has mousetrapped |
| we | have mousetrapped |
| you | have mousetrapped |
| they | have mousetrapped |
Past
| I | mousetrapped |
| you | mousetrapped |
| he;she;it | mousetrapped |
| we | mousetrapped |
| you | mousetrapped |
| they | mousetrapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had mousetrapped |
| you | had mousetrapped |
| he;she;it | had mousetrapped |
| we | had mousetrapped |
| you | had mousetrapped |
| they | had mousetrapped |
Future
| I | will mousetrap |
| you | will mousetrap |
| he;she;it | will mousetrap |
| we | will mousetrap |
| you | will mousetrap |
| they | will mousetrap |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mousetrapped |
| you | will have mousetrapped |
| he;she;it | will have mousetrapped |
| we | will have mousetrapped |
| you | will have mousetrapped |
| they | will have mousetrapped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mousetrap |
| you | mousetrap |
| he;she;it | mousetrap |
| we | mousetrap |
| you | mousetrap |
| they | mousetrap |
Perfect
| I | have mousetrapped |
| you | have mousetrapped |
| he;she;it | have mousetrapped |
| we | have mousetrapped |
| you | have mousetrapped |
| they | have mousetrapped |
Imperfect
| I | mousetrapped |
| you | mousetrapped |
| he;she;it | mousetrapped |
| we | mousetrapped |
| you | mousetrapped |
| they | mousetrapped |
Pluperfect
| I | had mousetrapped |
| you | had mousetrapped |
| he;she;it | had mousetrapped |
| we | had mousetrapped |
| you | had mousetrapped |
| they | had mousetrapped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mousetrap |
| you | would mousetrap |
| he;she;it | would mousetrap |
| we | would mousetrap |
| you | would mousetrap |
| they | would mousetrap |
Perfect
| I | would have mousetrapped |
| you | would have mousetrapped |
| he;she;it | would have mousetrapped |
| we | would have mousetrapped |
| you | would have mousetrapped |
| they | would have mousetrapped |
Imperative
| you | mousetrap |
| we | Let's mousetrap |
| you | mousetrap |
Verbs conjugated like 'mousetrap'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'mousetrap'
housetrain,
outrap,
betrap,
boobytrap,
bootstrap,
detrap,
horsetrade,
housekeep,
livetrap,
mouse,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English mouse-trappe, mous trappe, mouse trape, equivalent to mouse + trap. Cognate with Dutch muizetrap, muizentrap (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muustrappe, Muustrapp (“mousetrap”). In the Internet sense, refers to a computer mouse.
Sample Sentences
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He hoped to bring the rebels out of their trenches for a showdown battle somewhere south of the Wilderness, that gloomy expanse of scrub oaks and pines where Lee had mousetrapped Joe Hooker exactly a year earlier. [1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford, published 2004, page 724:]
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The scammer is paid for each new visitor directed to his site. There is nothing wrong except that the user finds it impossible to leave the site because he is mousetrapped. [2005, Armando Ang, Greed & Scams, Inc:]