First Known Use: circa 1942
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dognap
verb dog·nap \ˈdȯg-ˌnap\
dog·napped or dog·naped\-ˌnapt\dog·nap·ping or dog·nap·ing\-ˌna-piŋ\
Definition of DOGNAP
transitive verb
: to steal (a dog) especially to obtain a reward for its return or to sell to a scientific laboratory
— dog·nap·per or dog·nap·er noun
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Origin of DOGNAP
1dog + -nap (as in kidnap)
Rhymes with DOGNAP
ASCAP, backslap, backwrap, bitmap, blackcap, bootstrap, burlap, Carnap, catnap, cell sap, claptrap, death cap, death trap, dunce cap, earflap, entrap, enwrap, firetrap, foolscap, gelcap, gift wrap, gun lap, heeltap, hubcap, ice cap, jockstrap, kidnap, kneecap, lagniappe, light trap, livetrap, love tap, madcap, mantrap, mayhap, mishap, mobcap, mousetrap, mud flap, nightcap, on tap, pace lap, pinesap, rattrap, recap, redcap, remap, riprap, road map, root cap, sand trap, shiplap, shrink-wrap, skullcap, skycap, snowcap, spark gap, speed trap, steel-trap, stopgap, toe cap, unsnap, unstrap, unwrap, watch cap, whitecap, wind gap, winesap, wiretap, word wrap
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