1. (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; [syn: mousetrap, trap play]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
trap play
n 1: (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
[syn: mousetrap, trap play]