mouse trap

mouse trap meaning

A mousetrap, added in Emoji 13. 0. It stands for catching mice, and figuratively for a trap of any kind — a setup, a snare, something baited to catch the unwary.

Meaning

A mousetrap, added in Emoji 13.0. It stands for catching mice, and figuratively for a trap of any kind — a setup, a snare, something baited to catch the unwary. That figurative sense is the more common one, and it carries the old line about building a better mousetrap, which is about innovation rather than rodents.

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Wikipedia pageviews (CC-BY-SA) — Mousetrap

How to use it

• It was a trap and I walked straight in 🪤
• Something is living behind the oven 🪤
• Build a better mousetrap 🪤

How it looks

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Google Noto Color Emoji — SIL OFL 1.1 (font) / Apache 2.0 (code).

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Twemoji by Twitter/X contributors — CC-BY-4.0 (jdecked/twemoji).

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OpenMoji by the HfG Karlsruhe — CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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Blobmoji — Apache-2.0 (derivative of Noto).

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This emoji in other languages

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Technical details

Codepoints

U+1FAA4

Emoji version

13

Shortcodes

:mouse_trap:

Category

Objects

FAQ

What does the mouse trap emoji (🪤) mean?

A mousetrap, added in Emoji 13. 0. It stands for catching mice, and figuratively for a trap of any kind — a setup, a snare, something baited to catch the unwary.

How do you type the mouse trap emoji?

Copy the mouse trap emoji 🪤 directly from this page and paste it anywhere — messages, social media, documents, or code. On mobile, long-press to copy.

What category is the mouse trap emoji in?

The mouse trap emoji belongs to the Objects category.