Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To steal (a dog).

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  • verb To abduct a dog.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[dog + (kid)nap.]

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dog +‎ -nap.

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Examples

  • Maybe Juliana did dognap Pretty Boy and do some of the other stuff.

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  • Maybe Juliana did dognap Pretty Boy and do some of the other stuff.

    NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010

  • Maybe Juliana did dognap Pretty Boy and do some of the other stuff.

    NANCY DREW CAROLYN KEENE 2010

  • But their joy turns to dismay when fur-loving Cruella De Vil dispatches her clumsy cohorts, Jasper and Horace, to dognap every Dalmatian pup in London .

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  • It was so friendly, it would be easy to dognap him, and he sat in the doorstep most of the time where a car going by could take him.

    Dognappers 2003

  • It was so friendly, it would be easy to dognap him, and he sat in the doorstep most of the time where a car going by could take him.

    Dognappers 2003

  • It was so friendly, it would be easy to dognap him, and he sat in the doorstep most of the time where a car going by could take him.

    Dognappers 2003

  • It was so friendly, it would be easy to dognap him, and he sat in the doorstep most of the time where a car going by could take him.

    Dognappers 2003

  • It was so friendly, it would be easy to dognap him, and he sat in the doorstep most of the time where a car going by could take him.

    Dognappers 2003

  • It was so friendly, it would be easy to dognap him, and he sat in the doorstep most of the time where a car going by could take him.

    Dognappers 2003

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