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Definition of Snare

Snare

  1. A contrivance, often consisting of a noose of cord, or the like, by which a bird or other animal may be entangled and caught; a trap; a gin.
  2. Hence, anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble.
  3. The gut or string stretched across the lower head of a drum.
  4. An instrument, consisting usually of a wireloop or noose, for removing tumors, etc., by avulsion.
  5. To catch with a snare; to insnare; to entangle; hence, to bring into unexpected evil, perplexity, or danger.

Snare Quotations

The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.
Soren Kierkegaard

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.
David Herbert Lawrence

Playing well with others is important - not being too flashy, just keeping good time and of course coming up with cool beats. A good snare drum, kick drum, high hat. Just getting good at the hand feet coordination.
Chad Smith

I'm a freak, everything has to be totally flat when I play. Ed Will, my jazz teacher, set up everything completely flat, and then you'd tilt your snare drum away from you, so I do that too. So my snare tilts away from me.
Travis Barker

My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.
Evelyn Glennie
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Snare Translations

snare in Dutch is valstrik, hinderlaag, arglist
snare in German is fangen, Fallstrick, Schlinge
snare in Italian is accalappiare, tranello
snare in Latin is laqueum, laqueus, forca
snare in Spanish is trampa, capturar

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