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detrap

detrap verb: to remove traps from.

Verb

detrap (third-person singular simple present detraps, present participle detrapping, simple past and past participle detrapped)

  1. (transitive) To remove traps from.
    • He had forgotten to tell Willie and Ara to detrap the hulk of the turtle boat. That is a hell of a thing to leave around if some poor fisherman comes onto it. Well, they can go back and detrap it.1970, Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream

Forms of detrap

third-person singular presentdetraps
present participledetrapping
past participledetrapped
pastdetrapped

Origin of detrap

From de- + trap.

Questions about detrap

What does detrap mean?
Detrap means to remove traps from.
What part of speech is detrap?
Detrap is a verb.
What is the past tense of detrap?
The past tense of detrap is detrapped.

Words near detrap in the dictionary

  1. detransitioners
  2. detransitioning
  3. detransitions
  4. detransphobia
  5. detransphobic
  6. detrap
  7. detrapped
  8. detrapping
  9. detraps
  10. detrash
  11. detrashed

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