Definitions

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  • verb transitive To trap again.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ trap

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Examples

  • My word verification this time, by the way, is "retrap".

    Novel news Kosmo 2008

  • If we can get it, and get someone to retrap it again, the contract with your name on it might be null and void.

    Master of Mirrors Amanda Marrone 2011

  • If we can get it, and get someone to retrap it again, the contract with your name on it might be null and void.

    Master of Mirrors Amanda Marrone 2011

  • Using tiny radio transmitters superglued just above the birds 'tails, G. Henk Visser of the Zoological Laboratory in the Netherlands and his colleagues were able to release, track and retrap 14 birds along their migrations.

    Periscope 2007

  • Using tiny radio transmitters superglued just above the birds 'tails, G. Henk Visser of the Zoological Laboratory in the Netherlands and his colleagues were able to release, track and retrap 14 birds along their migrations.

    Periscope 2007

  • Considering that they were frequently in flocks up to about 2,000, it is not surprising that we caught and ringed more than 300 in the 11 days I was there, and not a single retrap. "

    TreeHugger 2009

  • Considering that they were frequently in flocks up to about 2,000, it is not surprising that we caught and ringed more than 300 in the 11 days I was there, and not a single retrap. "

    TreeHugger 2009

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