Noun: rattrap 'rat,trap
- A trap for catching rats
"They set up a rattrap in the barn to control the pest problem"
- Filthy run-down dilapidated housing
"The tenement was nothing more than a rattrap, unfit for habitation"
- A difficult entangling situation
"The complex legal case became a rattrap for the inexperienced lawyer"
Derived forms: rattraps
Type of: difficultness, difficulty, housing, living accommodations, lodging, trap
Encyclopedia: Rattrap