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detrapping

detrapping is the present participle and gerund of detrap.

Meaning of detrap

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

Questions about detrapping

What is detrapping the present participle and gerund of?
Detrapping is the present participle and gerund of detrap.

Words near detrapping in the dictionary

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

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