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baby trap

baby trap noun: a situation where a person deliberately gets themselves or their partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.

Noun

baby trap (plural baby traps)

  1. A situation where a person deliberately gets themselves or their partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.
    • The cynic surfaced, reminding him that she'd been accused of trying to spring the baby trap on Brad Comfort.2010, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Family Lies

Verb

baby trap (third-person singular simple present baby traps, present participle baby trapping, simple past and past participle baby trapped)

  1. To deliberately get oneself or one's partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.
    • While he had allowed me to blow him with that condom on, he removed it and applied his own before he dug into my guts. Now, my plan was much more practical than baby trapping.2019, Sheena Perry, My Brother's Lady, My Baby 1: Please Be Mine!, page 56
    • Because it sounds like you're insinuating that I'm trying to baby trap you, which is just gross.2022, Iris Morland, Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Plus-One

Forms of baby trap

Noun
pluralbaby traps
Verb
third-person singular presentbaby traps
present participlebaby trapping
past participlebaby trapped
pastbaby trapped

Questions about baby trap

What does baby trap mean?
Baby trap means a situation where a person deliberately gets themselves or their partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.
What part of speech is baby trap?
Baby trap can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of baby trap?
The plural of baby trap is baby traps.

Words near baby trap in the dictionary

  1. baby toe
  2. baby toes
  3. baby tooth
  4. baby trans
  5. baby transes
  6. baby trap
  7. baby trapped
  8. baby trapping
  9. baby traps
  10. baby Ts
  11. baby up

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