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Meaning of "mousetrapping" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MOUSETRAPPING

mousetrapping  [ˈmaʊsˌtræpɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOUSETRAPPING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mousetrapping is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MOUSETRAPPING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mousetrapping

Mousetrapping is a technique used by some websites to keep visitors from leaving their website, either by launching an endless series of pop-up ads—known colloquially as a circle jerk—or by re-launching their website in a window that cannot be easily closed. Many websites that do this also employ browser hijackers to reset the user's default homepage. One way to end the cycle may be to use keyboard shortcuts instead of the mouse to close the windows. Multiple windows can be closed quickly with this method, although it may not always work if there is a resident program which is opening them. Browser extensions which disable scripting for all but a trusted whitelist of sites, such as NoScript Security Suite, can be a useful defence against mousetrapping and malicious sites. The Federal Trade Commission has brought suits against mousetrappers, charging that the practice is a deceptive and unfair competitive practice, in violation of section 5 of the FTC Act. Typically, mousetrappers register URLs with misspelled names of movie stars and pop singers, for example, BrittnaySpears.com or companies, for example, BettyCroker.com and WallStreetJournel.

Definition of mousetrapping in the English dictionary

The definition of mousetrapping in the dictionary is a method used by websites to prevent the user from leaving the website, usually by deactivating the `back' button, prohibiting the page from closing, or launching repeated pop-up windows.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOUSETRAPPING


capping
ˈkæpɪŋ
clapping
ˈklæpɪŋ
flapping
ˈflæpɪŋ
giftwrapping
ˈɡɪftræpɪŋ
happing
ˈhæpɪŋ
inwrapping
ɪnˈræpɪŋ
kidnaping
ˈkɪdˌnæpɪŋ
kidnapping
ˈkɪdnæpɪŋ
lapping
ˈlæpɪŋ
livetrapping
ˈlaɪvˌtræpɪŋ
mapping
ˈmæpɪŋ
overlapping
ˈəʊvəˌlæpɪŋ
rapping
ˈræpɪŋ
scrapping
ˈskræpɪŋ
shrink-wrapping
ˈʃrɪŋkˌræpɪŋ
strapping
ˈstræpɪŋ
tapping
ˈtæpɪŋ
understrapping
ˈʌndəˌstræpɪŋ
unwrapping
ʌnˈræpɪŋ
wrapping
ˈræpɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOUSETRAPPING

mouse
mouse deer
mouse jockey
mouse pad
mouse-ear
mouse-ear chickweed
mousebird
mousekin
mouselike
mousemat
mouseover
mousepiece
mouser
mousery
mousetail
mousetrap
mousetrapped
mousey
mousie
mousier

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOUSETRAPPING

camping
clipping
dipping
dripping
dropping
flipping
home shopping
hopping
popping
propping
ripping
shipping
shopping
skipping
slipping
stepping
stopping
stripping
swapping
tipping
topping

Synonyms and antonyms of mousetrapping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mousetrapping» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOUSETRAPPING

Find out the translation of mousetrapping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mousetrapping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mousetrapping» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mousetrapping
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mousetrapping
570 millions of speakers

English

mousetrapping
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mousetrapping
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mousetrapping
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mousetrapping
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mousetrapping
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mousetrapping
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mousetrapping
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mousetrapping
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mousetrapping
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mousetrapping
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mousetrapping
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mousetrapping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mousetrapping
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mousetrapping
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माउसेटॅपिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mousetrapping
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mousetrapping
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mousetrapping
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mousetrapping
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mousetrapping
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mousetrapping
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mousetrapping
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mousetrapping
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mousetrap
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mousetrapping

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUSETRAPPING»

The term «mousetrapping» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.066 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOUSETRAPPING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mousetrapping» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mousetrapping» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mousetrapping

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOUSETRAPPING»

Discover the use of mousetrapping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mousetrapping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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MANAGING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: THE STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE
The Court found that the software violated the plaintiffs' trademarks by causing pop-up advertising to appear in proximity to them. Mousetrapping 'Mousetrapping ' means the use of browser tricks in an effort to keep a visitor captive at a site, ...
VINOD V. SOPLE, 2012
2
Youth, Pornography, and the Internet
Software vendors could: • Develop software to prevent mousetrapping. Recall that mousetrapping (discussed in Chapter 3) refers to the phenomenon in which a user who tries to leave a sexually explicit site is automatically forwarded to ...
Herbert S. Lin, Committee to Study Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content, Dick Thornburgh, 2002
3
The Encyclopedia of High-tech Crime and Crime-fighting
Mousetrapping” Designed to create a literal captive audience for otherwise unwelcome advertising, “mousetrapping” involves the creation of alluring websites with built-in snares that prevent on-line visitors from escaping once they log on to ...
Michael Newton, 2003
4
An Agenda for the 21st Century
Theodore!. Gordon. Better. Mousetrapping,. Better. Ideas. To solve today's problems, Theodore J. Gordon turns to the future. "Solutions can't all be based on what happened in the past," he says. "If you take a projection from history and ...
Rushworth M. Kidder, 1987
5
NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary
mousetrapping. a.k.a. "circle jerking" When a site uses browser tricks to keep a user captive (often by disabling the back button or by generating repeated pop- up windows). Mousetrapping is considered obnoxious and in complete violation of ...
Erin Jansen, Vincent James, 2002
6
Popular Mechanics
Mousetrapping. Tools. While it does not happen very often, occasionally small tools or parts are dropped in hard-to-reach spaces. Retrieving them can be very frustrating. Though this does happen in the home and workshop it seems to be ...
7
Criminology
In many cases, the consumer is sent to the other sites involuntarily, which is known in the industry as mousetrapping. Web surfers who try to close out a window after visiting an adult site are sent to another web page automatically. This can ...
Larry Siegel, 2008
8
The Faces of Televisual Media: Teaching, Violence, Selling ...
Spamand mousetrapping aretwo additional techniquesthatare becoming more commonin theonline commercial marketplace (Calvert, 2000). Spam involves sending commercial orotherkinds of material to users' emailaddresses.
Edward L. Palmer, Brian M. Young, 2003
9
The Sex.com Chronicles: A White-hat Lawyer's Journey to the ...
Like other porn operators, the advertisers on Cohen's site were engaging in mousetrapping, which causes a single click on the banner to trigger a sneaky bit of coding that commandeers your browser and funnels you into an endless loop of ...
Charles Carreon, 2008
10
Information Technology Law
... intendeddestinations on the internetto his ownwebpages, where he then obstructedthem fromleaving thosepages usingweb pages displaying advertisements forgoods (a andservices for his financial gain processknownas ' mousetrapping ...
Diane Rowland, Uta Kohl, Andrew Charlesworth, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOUSETRAPPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mousetrapping is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Real Iran Deal – Analysis
If the deal goes through, the credibility of U.S. extended deterrence has to shrink in a world of mousetrapping Middle Eastern proliferation; if it is ... «Eurasia Review, Jul 15»
2
Charles Barkley nails his take on Johnny Manziel's recent dust-up …
... when a San Antonio shock jock tried mousetrapping him about a running gag on Inside the NBA (that all San Antonio women are big-boned). «FanSided, Jun 15»
3
Debut novel inventive but scattered
... two about mousetrapping advice lifted from various Internet blogs), random facts (“Ben & Jerry's makes 63 flavours of ice cream”), and so on. «Vancouver Sun, May 15»
4
Mapcap and magical: Florida Rep's 'Around the World in 80 Days'
... constant laughs, whether jouncing on a galloping elephant or saying lines such as, “Now he's trapped like a mouse in a mousetrapping thing! «Florida Weekly, Feb 15»
5
Truman's True Warning on the CIA
While Truman saw CIA's attempted mousetrapping of President Kennedy as a particular outrage, his more general complaint is seen in his ... «Truth-Out, Dec 13»
6
'Tis the season to see Macaulay: Get into the festive spirit with a …
... relive Macaulay doing what he does best: mousetrapping the hell out of his house. Go on, grab your tickets now and have a merry Christmas, ... «Time Out London, Dec 13»
7
John Brennan's Heavy Baggage
3, for example, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was the subject of attempted mousetrapping by NBC's Chuck Todd, who clearly was hoping ... «Consortium News, Mar 13»
8
Just Who Do They Represent: At Hagel Hearing, Concern for Israel …
The ONLY thing that matters right now is that Obama and Hagel stop Netanyahu and the Israel Lobby from forcing/mousetrapping the US into ... «TIME, Feb 13»
9
Bright Eyes: Smart Snow Goggles Measure Your Radness
I'm pretty sure my friends gave me the walkie talkie so they could ensure I was still alive after mousetrapping myself 10 feet down the mountain. «Wired, Dec 12»
10
Vampire Diaries Round Table: "The Reckoning"
... filmed his reaction while remaining hidden, I was less than wowed by the Mystic Falls gang and their weak mousetrapping/toilet papering. «TV Fanatic, Oct 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mousetrapping [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mousetrapping>. Apr 2024 ».
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