Pitfall
['pɪtfɔːl] or ['pɪt'fɔl]
Definition
(n.) A pit deceitfully covered to entrap wild beasts or men; a trap of any kind.
Editor: Nat
Definition
n. a pit slightly covered so that wild beasts may fall into it: any concealed danger.
Typed by Floyd
Examples
- Hindrances and pitfalls, dear girls, which beset us on our way to higher things! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- On our way upstairs, I called her attention to the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Crupp's pitfalls, and also to the prints of recent footsteps. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The notion is typical of the pitfalls in the path of any theorist who does not correct his logic by a constant reference to the movement of life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr Venus took the lead, towing Mr Wegg, in order that his refractory leg might be promptly extricated from any pitfalls it should dig for itself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Weldon