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birdnap

birdnap verb: to steal or abduct a bird.

Verb

birdnap (third-person singular simple present birdnaps, present participle birdnapping or (rare, US only) birdnaping, simple past and past participle birdnapped or (rare, US only) birdnaped)

  1. (colloquial) To steal or abduct a bird.

Forms of birdnap

third-person singular presentbirdnaps
present participlebirdnapping
past participlebirdnapped
pastbirdnapped
present participle US (rare)birdnaping
past participle US (rare)birdnaped
past US (rare)birdnaped

Origin of birdnap

From bird + -nap.

Words formed from birdnap

Questions about birdnap

What does birdnap mean?
Birdnap means to steal or abduct a bird.
What part of speech is birdnap?
Birdnap is a verb.
What is the past tense of birdnap?
The past tense of birdnap is birdnapped.

Words near birdnap in the dictionary

  1. birdmom
  2. birdmouth
  3. birdmouthed
  4. birdmouthing
  5. birdmouths
  6. birdnap
  7. birdnapped
  8. birdnapper
  9. birdnappers
  10. birdnapping
  11. birdnaps

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