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🪤 Emoji Meaning
The 🪤 Mouse Trap emoji depicts a classic spring-loaded mousetrap, often baited with cheese. While its literal meaning is straightforward, it's used online with a few nuanced interpretations:
- Literal Meaning: Refers to a physical mouse trap used for pest control.
- Figurative Meaning - A Trap/Trick: More commonly, it signifies a trap, trick, or risky situation. It can be used to warn someone, or to indicate that someone has fallen victim to a scheme or manipulation. Think "It's a trap!" from Star Wars.
- Figurative Meaning - Temptation/Bait: It can represent something tempting or alluring that conceals a hidden danger or negative consequence. Like the cheese in a mousetrap, it appears attractive but has repercussions.
- Figurative Meaning - Catching Someone: This emoji can signify the act of catching someone in the act or exposing their lies/deception. It implies successfully trapping someone in their own wrongdoing.
- Gaming/Streaming context: Can be used in online games or streaming communities to signify when a player is about to spring a trap or trick on opponents.
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Mouse Trap Emoji Images
Here is how Mouse Trap emoji looks like on iPhone, Android, Facebook, Messenger and X:
Household Related Emoji
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