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womannap

Syllables: wo·man·nap/ˈwʊm.ən.næp/

womannap verb: to abduct or kidnap a woman.

Verb

womannap (third-person singular simple present womannaps, present participle womannapping or (rare, US only) womannaping, simple past and past participle womannapped or (rare, US only) womannaped)

  1. (informal, rare, transitive) To abduct or kidnap a woman.
    • You may refer to me as Miss Dillon. I'm going to sue you for unlawful detention, womannapping, and holding me against my will. Let go of me![1985, Lass Small, Tangled Web (Silhouette Desire; 241), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books, →ISBN, page 154
    • And he watched her back. She wondered: Had he watched her with the pod and decided since she was alone that he could womannap her? She looked at him more closely. He wasn't bad.1996, Lass Small, chapter 2, in The Texas Blue Norther (Man of the Month; Silhouette Desire; 1027), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books, →ISBN; republished Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin, 2013, →ISBN

Forms of womannap

third-person singular presentwomannaps
present participlewomannapping
past participlewomannapped
pastwomannapped
present participle US (rare)womannaping
past participle US (rare)womannaped
past US (rare)womannaped

Origin of womannap

From woman + -nap, modelled after kidnap.

Questions about womannap

What does womannap mean?
Womannap means to abduct or kidnap a woman.
What part of speech is womannap?
Womannap is a verb.
How do you pronounce womannap?
Womannap is pronounced /ˈwʊm.ən.næp/ (UK).
What is the past tense of womannap?
The past tense of womannap is womannapped.

Words near womannap in the dictionary

  1. womanmoded
  2. womanmoder
  3. womanmoders
  4. womanmodes
  5. womanmoding
  6. womannap
  7. womannapped
  8. womannapping
  9. womannappings
  10. womannaps
  11. womanned

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