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detraps

detraps is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 detraps

What is detraps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Detraps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of detrap.

Words near detraps in the dictionary

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

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