detrap

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verb

To remove traps from.

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Meanings

verbdetrap (third-person singular simple present detraps, present participle detrapping, simple past and past participle detrapped)

present singular third person detraps · participle present detrapping · participle past detrapped · past detrapped

  1. transitiveTo remove traps from.

    He had forgotten to tell Willie and Ara to detrap the hulk of the turtle boat. That is a hell of a thing to leave around if some poor fisherman comes onto it. Well, they can go back and detrap it.

    1970, Ernest Hemingway, Islands in the Stream

Origin

From de- + trap.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

departpartedpetarddrapet
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APA

detrap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrap

MLA

“detrap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrap. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detrap,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detrap.

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