snare

noun6

1. •
   A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).

   • He […] watched Beavis’s long-toothed mouth open and clap to like a rabbit snare. — 1943
2. •
   A mental or psychological trap.

   • If thou retire, the Dauphin, well appointed, Stands with the snares of war to tangle thee: — 1591
3. •
   A snare drum.
4. •
   A set of stiff wires held under tension against the bottom head of a drum to create a rattling sound.
5. •
   A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
6. •
   A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.

verb3

1. •
   To catch or hold, especially with a loop.

   • The mournful crocodile / With sorrow snares relenting passengers. — 1596
2. •
   (figurative) To ensnare.
3. •
   To play (a snare drum, or a beat on or as if on a snare drum).

   • […] the slightest recollection of hearing the wind whistling through the cracks in the old house or the rain snaring its tat-a-tat on the rusty tin roof. — 2007

noun1

1. •
   Any of a class of proteins whose primary role is to mediate vesicle fusion.