womannap en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈwʊm.ən.næp/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From woman + -nap, modelled after kidnap.
Meanings
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(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:You sit silent. / Do I take you home / or do I womannap you? I ask.
2008, Rudy Thomas, “Do You Think I Am”, in The Smile & Other Poems, United States: Old Seventy Creek Press, →ISBN, page 37:They killed many, except for a few important members of the faculty and staff and student body, and they kidnapped Lrig Lanoisnemid-Eno! Well, womannapped.
2009 November, Jacob P. Silvia, chapter 5, in Qhoenix, [United States?]: Jacob P. Silvia, published July 2010, →ISBN, page 52: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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| womannapping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| womannaped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US, rare | lexicographic |
| womannaped | Tense=Past | US, rare | lexicographic |
| womannaps | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| womannapped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| womannapped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| womannaping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US, rare | lexicographic |