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carnaping

carnaping is the present participle and gerund of carnap.

carnaping is the alternative form of carnapping.

Meaning of carnap

Verb

carnap (third-person singular simple present carnaps, present participle carnapping or (rare, US only) carnaping, simple past and past participle carnapped or (rare, US only) carnaped)

  1. (Philippines) To steal a motor vehicle.
    Synonyms:
    hijack

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Meaning of carnapping

Noun

carnapping (plural carnappings)

  1. (Philippines) Grand theft auto; the theft of a motor vehicle.

Forms of carnaping

pluralcarnapings

Questions about carnaping

What is carnaping the present participle and gerund of?
Carnaping is the present participle and gerund of carnap.

Words near carnaping in the dictionary

  1. carnap
  2. carnaped
  3. carnaper
  4. carnapers
  5. Carnapian
  6. carnaping
  7. carnapings
  8. carnapped
  9. carnapper
  10. carnappers
  11. carnapping

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carnaping (page history and authors); carnap (page history and authors); carnapping (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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