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trap in

trap in verb: of a pigeon, to enter the loft after returning from a race or training flight.

Verb

trap in (third-person singular simple present traps in, present participle trapped in, simple past and past participle trapping in)

  1. Of a pigeon, to enter the loft after returning from a race or training flight.
    • When Corker trapped in Monte put her ring in the hatch of the pigeon clock[.]1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 120

Forms of trap in

third-person singular presenttraps in
present participletrapped in
past participletrapping in
pasttrapping in

Questions about trap in

What does trap in mean?
Trap in means of a pigeon, to enter the loft after returning from a race or training flight.
What part of speech is trap in?
Trap in is a verb.
What is the past tense of trap in?
The past tense of trap in is trapping in.

Words near trap in in the dictionary

  1. trap crops
  2. trap door
  3. trap doors
  4. trap house
  5. trap houses
  6. trap in
  7. trap jaw ant
  8. trap jaw ants
  9. TRAP law
  10. TRAP laws
  11. trap maker

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