"birdnap" meaning in English

See birdnap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: birdnaps [present, singular, third-person], birdnapping [participle, present], birdnapped [participle, past], birdnapped [past]
Etymology: bird + -nap Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bird|nap}} bird + -nap Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} birdnap (third-person singular simple present birdnaps, present participle birdnapping, simple past and past participle birdnapped)
  1. (colloquial) To steal or abduct a bird. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-birdnap-en-verb-8QZKsqyM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -nap

Inflected forms

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