"cradle-snatch" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-cradle snatch.ogg [Australia] Forms: cradle-snatches [present, singular, third-person], cradle-snatching [participle, present], cradle-snatched [participle, past], cradle-snatched [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} cradle-snatch (third-person singular simple present cradle-snatches, present participle cradle-snatching, simple past and past participle cradle-snatched)
  1. (slang) To have a romantic relationship with a person much younger than oneself. Tags: slang Translations (to marry or date a much younger person): kōpepe (english: refers to a man marrying a much younger woman) (Maori)
    Sense id: en-cradle-snatch-en-verb-34vgzbAR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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