Noun(1) a trap for catching mice,(American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated(2) a trap for catching mice(3) (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
Noun(1) a trap for catching mice,(American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated(2) a trap for catching mice(3) (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated
(1) My reasons for this are as follows: Several people had told me that I should try candy in the mousetrap , as mice like candy.(2) Ransome searched the local shops in vain for a mousetrap , he even tried the local bakery - surely they had mice - but he needn't have worried.(3) After phonecalls to many people, we discover one house which has a spare mousetrap .(4) This morning I noticed the mousetrap had moved from its place behind the door to the other side of the room, under the vegetable rack.(5) A pest-control firm has launched a chocolate-scented mousetrap after university researchers found rodents preferred it to cheese.(6) According to a report in New Scientist, a mousetrap has been developed by Rentokil that will text your mobile to tell you when it has successfully caught one.(7) In the middle of our interview he left the table to go and deal with a dead mouse from a mousetrap under his cooker!(8) I notice a high-tech mousetrap by the door - breweries always have problems with mice because of all the grain - but everything looks sparkling clean.(9) My first reaction was to send a one word reply then my sense of humour took over and I sent the attached reply: u2018The only free cheese is in a mousetrap !u2019(10) One department store noticed a spike in requests for rat-killing products a few years ago, and now they have a full line of devices, from traditional mousetraps to a high-tech contraption that uses a rat-scaring sensor.(11) The old adage, u2018Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door,u2019 may be more optimistic than realistic.(12) A political entrepreneur lobbies Congress to prohibit the importation of foreign-made mousetraps .(13) And, despite the best efforts of engineers around the globe to come up with a better mousetrap , the humble battery will be around for a while - it's a very mature technology with more than 100 years of successful application.(14) Each night he set mousetraps to obtain specimens from the small rodent population.(15) If someone feels that he can build a better mousetrap than his employer wants to make, he can find a way to make it, market it, and perhaps put his former boss out of business.(16) During the wild times of the late 90s, they were hailed as a modern manifestation of the American Dream: Build a better mousetrap and the world will make you a market millionaire as soon as your company goes public.
