Real Dictionary

snare
countable noun: A snare is a trap for catching birds or small animals. It consists of a loop of wire or rope which pulls tight around the animal.
countable noun: If you describe a situation as a snare, you mean that it is a trap from which it is difficult to escape.

snare in American English
a kind of trap for small animals, usually consisting of a noose which jerks tight upon the release of a spring trigger
to catch in a trap or snare

snare in American English 1
noun: a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game
transitive verb: to catch with a snare; entangle

snare in American English 2
noun: one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum

snare in British English 1
to catch (birds or small animals) with a snare
noun: a device for trapping birds or small animals, esp a flexible loop that is drawn tight around the prey

snare in British English 2
noun: a set of gut strings wound with wire fitted against the lower drumhead of a snare drum. They produce a rattling sound when the drum is beaten