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retrap

retrap verb: to trap again.

Verb

retrap (third-person singular simple present retraps, present participle retrapping, simple past and past participle retrapped)

  1. (transitive) To trap again.

Forms of retrap

third-person singular presentretraps
present participleretrapping
past participleretrapped
pastretrapped

Origin of retrap

From re- + trap.

Questions about retrap

What does retrap mean?
Retrap means to trap again.
What part of speech is retrap?
Retrap is a verb.
What is the past tense of retrap?
The past tense of retrap is retrapped.

Words near retrap in the dictionary

  1. retransplants
  2. retransport
  3. retransported
  4. retransporting
  5. retransports
  6. retrap
  7. retrapped
  8. retrapping
  9. retraps
  10. retrate
  11. retrated

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