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Webster 1913 Edition


Trappy

Trap′py

,
Adj.
(Min.)
Same as
Trappous
.

Definition 2024


trappy

trappy

English

Adjective

trappy (comparative trappier, superlative trappiest)

  1. (horse riding) Of a gait, short, rapid and high-stepping.
  2. traplike, reminiscent of a trap
  3. Abundant in traps
    • 1918, J. Arthur Gibbs, A Cotswold Village:
      This district is not so easy for a stranger to ride his own line over as the Midlands; it is not half so stiff, but it is often cramped and trappy.
  4. (mineralogy) Like the mineral called trap; trappean; trappous.