pitfalling noun 2adjective 1 noun2 •The practice of setting up and using pitfalls to capture animals.Hunting, poisoning, trapping, pitfalling and other types of extermination campaigns are carried out and are sometimes organized by local authorities. — 2013 •The process or act of succumbing to an unexpected hazard or pitfall.Now, falling in love is one thing, but pitfalling is another. A man dislikes the thought of being trapped into a marriage. — 1865 adjective1 •Entrapping; ensnaring.able to shew us the ways of the Lord straight and faithful as they are, not full of cranks and contradictions, and pitfalling dispenses — 1643