What is the meaning of snare?

noun

• Something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares.
  • usage: "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
  • synonyms: trap
• A small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head.
  • synonyms: snare drum, side drum
• A surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities.
• Strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit.
• A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose.
  • synonyms: gin, noose

verb

• Catch in or as if in a trap.
  • usage: "The men trap foxes"
  • synonyms: trap, entrap, ensnare, trammel
• Entice and trap.
  • usage: "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
  • synonyms: hook