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date-rape

date-rape verb: to rape a person while out on a date with them.

Verb

date-rape (third-person singular simple present date-rapes, present participle date-raping, simple past and past participle date-raped)

  1. (transitive) To rape a person while out on a date with them.
    • Ten milligrams of Rohypnol before I take her to the ER will eradicate all memory of the last month of her life, let alone this evening. They’ll simply think some overjuiced undergrad date-raped her; it happens all the time.2001 July 31, Ross LaManna, chapter 26, in Acid Test, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 232

Forms of date-rape

third-person singular presentdate-rapes
present participledate-raping
past participledate-raped
pastdate-raped

Questions about date-rape

What does date-rape mean?
Date-rape means to rape a person while out on a date with them.
What part of speech is date-rape?
Date-rape is a verb.
What is the past tense of date-rape?
The past tense of date-rape is date-raped.

Words near date-rape in the dictionary

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  4. date-nut bread
  5. date-nut breads
  6. date-rape
  7. date-raped
  8. date-rapes
  9. date-raping
  10. date-rapist
  11. date-rapists

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