Meaning of rat-trap | Babel Free

Definitions

1. That shuts forcibly or holds tight, like a rat trap.
2. Of the mouth, resembling a rat trap; large and ugly.

Examples

“But above, perched each upon its own stone, tall, gray, and withered, more like dead and dried specimens than actual living creatures, sat the horrible males, absolutely motionless save for the rolling of their red eyes or an occasional snap of their rat-trap beaks as a dragon-fly went past them.”

“Everyone says he's got a rat trap mind.”

“He smiled, his wide rat-trap mouth splitting to show bad teeth.”

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