Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

baby trap

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English

Syllables: baby -trap
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation where a person deliberately gets themselves or their partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.

verb

To deliberately get oneself or one's partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.

Example Sentences

"The cynic surfaced, reminding him that she'd been accused of trying to spring the baby trap on Brad Comfort."
"While he had allowed me to blow him with that condom on, he removed it and applied his own before he dug into my guts. Now, my plan was much more practical than baby trapping."
"Because it sounds like you're insinuating that I'm trying to baby trap you, which is just gross."

Inflected Forms

baby traps (plural) baby traps (present, singular) baby trapping (participle, present) baby trapped (participle, past) baby trapped (past)

Questions

What does baby trap mean?: A situation where a person deliberately gets themselves or their partner pregnant, so that the partner is less likely to leave the relationship.

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