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cradle-snatch

cradle-snatch verb: to have a romantic relationship with a person much younger than oneself.

Verb

cradle-snatch (third-person singular simple present cradle-snatches, present participle cradle-snatching, simple past and past participle cradle-snatched)

  1. (slang) To have a romantic relationship with a person much younger than oneself.

Forms of cradle-snatch

third-person singular presentcradle-snatches
present participlecradle-snatching
past participlecradle-snatched
pastcradle-snatched

Questions about cradle-snatch

What does cradle-snatch mean?
Cradle-snatch means to have a romantic relationship with a person much younger than oneself.
What part of speech is cradle-snatch?
Cradle-snatch is a verb.
What is the past tense of cradle-snatch?
The past tense of cradle-snatch is cradle-snatched.

Words near cradle-snatch in the dictionary

  1. cradle songs
  2. cradle walk
  3. cradle walks
  4. cradle-robber
  5. cradle-robbers
  6. cradle-snatch
  7. cradle-snatched
  8. cradle-snatches
  9. cradle-snatching
  10. cradle-to-cradle design
  11. cradle-to-cradle designs

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