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Snarer

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snare 1  (snâr)
n.
1. A trapping device, often consisting of a noose, used for capturing birds and small mammals.
2. Something that serves to entangle the unwary.
3. A surgical instrument with a wire loop controlled by a mechanism in the handle, used to remove growths, such as tumors and polyps.
tr.v. snared, snar·ing, snares
To trap with or as if with a snare. See Synonyms at catch.

[Middle English, from Old English snearu and from Old Norse snara.]

snarer n.

snare 2  (snâr)
n.
1. Any of the wires or cords stretched across the lower drumhead of a snare drum so as to vibrate against it.
2. A snare drum.

[Probably from Dutch snaar, string, from Middle Dutch snre.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.snarer - someone who sets snares for birds or small animals
hunter, huntsman - someone who hunts game


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Ian Bell and Kevin Pietersen failed to last long as India attacked on two fronts: Harbhajan, who enticed a nick to send Bell back before lunch, and Kumble, the snarer of Flintoff, probing away on a parched pitch already showing signs of cracking up, while Pathan and Sreesanth exploited the reverse swing on offer.
India attacked on two fronts: Harbhajan, who enticed a nick to send Ian Bell back before lunch, and Kumble, the snarer of Flintoff, probing away on a parched pitch already showing signs of cracking up, while Pathan and Sreesanth exploited the reverse swing on offer.
Then you get the 'sniggerers', who go down to a well-stocked salmon pool armed with large weighted treble hooks to rip fish out; snarers, who use rabbit snares on poles to tail them out; and gangs of prawners, who descend on fly-only stretches and wheech them out.
 
 
 
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