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booknap

booknap verb: to steal a book.

Verb

booknap (third-person singular simple present booknaps, present participle booknapping or (rare, US only) booknaping, simple past and past participle booknapped or (rare, US only) booknaped)

  1. (rare, transitive) To steal a book.

Forms of booknap

third-person singular presentbooknaps
present participlebooknapping
past participlebooknapped
pastbooknapped
present participle US (rare)booknaping
past participle US (rare)booknaped
past US (rare)booknaped

Origin of booknap

From book + -nap.

Questions about booknap

What does booknap mean?
Booknap means to steal a book.
What part of speech is booknap?
Booknap is a verb.
What is the past tense of booknap?
The past tense of booknap is booknapped.

Words near booknap in the dictionary

  1. bookmobiles
  2. bookmonger
  3. bookmongers
  4. bookname
  5. booknames
  6. booknap
  7. booknapped
  8. booknapping
  9. booknaps
  10. bookness
  11. bookoo

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