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baby trap en · NOUN

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  1. A situation where a person deliberately gets themselves or their partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.
    • The cynic surfaced, reminding him that she'd been accused of trying to spring the baby trap on Brad Comfort. 2010, Kathy Lynn Emerson, Family Lies:

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baby traps Number=Plur lexicographic

baby trap en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  1. To deliberately get oneself or one's partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.
    • While he had allowed me to blow him with that condom on, he removed it and applied his own before he dug into my guts. Now, my plan was much more practical than baby trapping. 2019, Sheena Perry, My Brother's Lady, My Baby 1: Please Be Mine!, page 56:
    • Because it sounds like you're insinuating that I'm trying to baby trap you, which is just gross. 2022, Iris Morland, Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Plus-One:

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baby trapping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
baby trapped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
baby trapped Tense=Past lexicographic
baby traps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic