What does 🪤 Mouse Trap mean?
A baited, spring-loaded mousetrap. It stands for traps, bait and getting caught. People use it for pest problems at home, and figuratively for tricks, setups, scams or a deal that looks too good to be true. It suits “it’s a trap” jokes and moments when someone fell for something. It arrived in Emoji 13.0.
🪤 Mouse Trap is an emoji from the Objects category (household items), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about bait, cheese, lure, mousetrap and snare.
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🪤 Mouse Trap on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Mouse Trap looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Mouse Trap emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🪤 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :mouse_trap:.
When was the Mouse Trap emoji added?
🪤 Mouse Trap was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🪤 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Mouse Trap. The underlying code (U+1FAA4) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.