rattrap
/ˈrætˌtræp/
noun
- A device used to catch or kill rats.
- She carefully baited the rattrap with peanut butter.
- The old barn was full of rattraps placed along the walls.
- He set a rattrap in the basement to catch the rodents.
- A difficult, unpleasant, or hopeless situation from which escape is hard.
- The small town was a rattrap for anyone with big dreams.
- He felt trapped in a financial rattrap with no way out.
- The job had become a rattrap of long hours and low pay.