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dog-nap

dog-nap is the alternative form of dognap.

Meaning of dognap

Verb

dognap (third-person singular simple present dognaps, present participle dognapping or (rare, US only) dognaping, simple past and past participle dognapped or (rare, US only) dognaped)

  1. (transitive) To abduct or steal a dog, especially in order to sell it.

Forms of dog-nap

third-person singular presentdog-naps
present participledog-napping
past participledog-napped
pastdog-napped
present participle US (rare)dog-naping
past participle US (rare)dog-naped
past US (rare)dog-naped

Questions about dog-nap

What is dog-nap the alternative form of?
Dog-nap is the alternative form of dognap.

Words near dog-nap in the dictionary

  1. dog-leg
  2. dog-legged
  3. dog-legging
  4. dog-legs
  5. dog-milk
  6. dog-nap
  7. dog-napped
  8. dog-napper
  9. dog-nappers
  10. dog-napping
  11. dog-naps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dog-nap (page history and authors); dognap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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