CATNAPPER

Meaning of CATNAPPER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also cat·nap·er ˈkat-ˌna-pər

Etymology: cat (I) + -napper (as in kidnapper )

Date: 1942

: one who steals cats usually to sell them for research

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

CATNAPPER — also catnaper noun Etymology: 1cat + -napper (as in kidnapper) Date: 1942 one who steals cats usually to sell them …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CATNAPPER — catnapper 1 /kat"nap'euhr/ , n. a person who takes catnaps, esp. regularly or habitually. [ CATNAP + -ER 1 ] …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATNAPPER — [cat.nap.per] also cat.nap.er n [[1]cat + -napper (as in kidnapper)] (1942): one that steals cats usu. to sell them for …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CATNAPPER — Variant: also cat · nap · er Pronunciation: ' kat- ˌ na-p ə r Function: noun Etymology: 1 cat + …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CATNAPER — noun see: catnapper
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CATNAPER — see catnapper
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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