Usually means: Device for capturing large mammals.
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General (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. beartrap: Wiktionary
  2. BEARTRAP: Dictionary.com
  3. Beartrap (hauldown device), Beartrap (helicopter device), Beartrap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. BEARTRAP: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. beartrap, the beartrap: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Mountain Bike Slang (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (beartrap)

noun:  (hunting) A large trap used to catch a bear or other mammal, usually as a foot trap.
noun:  (law enforcement, automotive, traffic) A radar trap used by police to catch speeders.
noun:  (aviation, nautical) A device that traps a probe on a rotorcraft, securing it to the helicopter deck of a vessel.
noun:  (aviation, nautical) A system of rotorcraft recovery aboard watercraft in heavy sea states, which uses the beartrap device to land securely and transport the aircraft into the hangar.

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