Bear Trap

The human activity of animal trapping has two separate but related meanings. Firstly, it describes the hunting of animals to obtain their furs, which are then used for clothes and other articles, or sold / bartered (see fur trade). Secondly, trapping relates to the use of traps to catch animals for a variety of other purposes, most usually for food or pest control.
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The predicament facing short sellers when a bear market reverses its trend and becomes bullish . Bonds continue to sell in the anticipation of further declines in price, and then are forced to cover at higher prices

A section of movable dam with concrete piers in either side (generally about 100 feet wide) and provided with a gate which may be raised or lowered by compressed air. The bear trap serves as a type of safety valve. When the pool level maintained at the dam becomes too high, the bear trap is lowered to permit the excess water to run out. This pool control feature of movable wicket-type dams is found on the Ohio and Illinois rivers. The Bear trap will always be located on the opposite side of the river from the lock and is very dangerous to approach when open. (TNDOT1)

PINZA PER LE LUCI [CINEMA]. [slang USA] DISPOSITIVO RADAR PER IL CONTROLLO DELLA VELOCITÀ DEI VEICOLI