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spike trap 

A spike trap is a trap that can do extensive damage when triggered. They are often found in video games and in some adventuring movies.

To be "spike trapped" is to be caught in a situation that is both painful and painfully avoidable. Players of Dungeons and Dragons frequently must "check for traps" to avoid falling into a variety of traps, including spike traps.

The character Kevin McCallister in Home Alone is someone with extensive knowledge of triggered traps, including spike traps.

In adventuring games, spike traps can make dungeon delving difficult. In multiplayer games, such as PUBG, spike traps can be set to inflict harm on your enemy while protecting a particular area.

Spike traps should not be confused with other traps that are more annoying than they are harmful. For instance, in Animal Crossing New Horizons, you can use a Pitfall Seed to lay a trap that is similar in concept to a spike trap, though it is more of an inconvenience than a damage dealing trap.
"Dude, watch out for that spike trap!"

"I can't believe I didn't see that coming. It was such a spike trap. Ouch!"
spike trap by idigress August 27, 2020
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Spike Trap 

I was in a McDonald’s bathroom stall and a harry behemoth caught me in a spike trap
Spike Trap by RonaldEnglish November 16, 2023

vietnamease spike trap 

when you are having sex with an asian woman and you accidentally touch her dick
oh man she was hot but she was a vietnamease spike trap

fortnite spike trap 

A trap that rapes ur mind in fortnite if u run into it. only gay people will die this way. Usually u will be bated with a golden scar.
noob 1: i just got by a fortnite spike trap
less noob 2: u must be a gay cunt

Spike Trapped 

When you get hit from the back by a tranny.

by Leo P. February 06, 2019
"Yo, you here what happened to Pierre? He got Spike Trapped in prison last week. He's still recovering in the hospital."

spike trapped 

To be "spike trapped" is to be caught in a situation that is painful, painfully avoidable, and painful to watch. If you witness someone get spike trapped, you are likely to facepalm in reaction.

Players of Dungeons and Dragons frequently must "check for traps" to avoid getting spike trapped, but you can be spike trapped by situations outside of gaming as well.

When getting spike trapped is painfully avoidable, you can see the situation coming, and yet you still somehow do nothing to stop it. This also makes the event painful to watch. Sometimes it catches you off with only a moment to react, which can make getting spike trapped particularly painful.
I can't believe he didn't see that coming! Ouch! He was totally spike trapped, and it was painful to watch.
spike trapped by idigress August 28, 2020
It is said of the situation where a person has the bad luck to make contact with his testicles against an undefined surface or object, intentioned or not.
Given the nature of the word, it is more appropriate to design cases where the interaction is made with a moving object, for example, a ball.
Although it is extremely painful for the victim, it tends to be considerably funny to people who witness it.
Today in the baseball game the pitcher took a nutshot; the baseball hit him in the nuts.

Man, I just watched the funniest nutshot video ever.
Nutshot by Uberflaven March 1, 2009
Word of the Day on June 26, 2026