-napcomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element, e.g. catnap Brit.

/ˈkatnap/, U.S.

/ˈkætˌnæp/.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: kidnap n., kidnap v.

Etymology: < -nap (in kidnap n. and kidnap v.). Compare also -napper comb. form, -napping comb. form.Earliest in the late 19th cent. in dognap v. (1898).

colloquial.

Forming nouns and verbs (often ad hoc formations) referring to the action of taking away or taking over another's property in order to obtain a reward or ransom, or of carrying off a person or possession for some comparable irregular purpose, as artnap, dognap, horsenap.

ΚΠ

1978 Washington Post 29 Dec. d2/6 What's happening here may be..a whole rash of art-naps.

1983 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. 19/6 Mr Smith..suggested that Tilley may have been ‘cat-napped’.

1993 Q Jan. 120/4 The horse falls into the hands of an unscrupulous stud owner from whom they horsenap it back.

1995 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. 5/4 The catnap had started as a practical joke but he claimed he had been beaten up after taking the cat and decided to ask for the money.

1999 Empire Nov. 23/3 Fearing that she has been cult-napped into marrying a wrinkly guru, her family hires P.J. Waters..to bring her back.

2001 Teddy Bear Scene Jan.–Feb. 20/1 He'd obviously been bear-napped by pranksters.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-nap
释义	-napcomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element, e.g. catnap Brit. /ˈkatnap/, U.S. /ˈkætˌnæp/. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: kidnap n., kidnap v. Etymology: < -nap (in kidnap n. and kidnap v.). Compare also -napper comb. form, -napping comb. form.Earliest in the late 19th cent. in dognap v. (1898). colloquial. Forming nouns and verbs (often ad hoc formations) referring to the action of taking away or taking over another's property in order to obtain a reward or ransom, or of carrying off a person or possession for some comparable irregular purpose, as artnap, dognap, horsenap. ΚΠ 1978 Washington Post 29 Dec. d2/6 What's happening here may be..a whole rash of art-naps. 1983 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. 19/6 Mr Smith..suggested that Tilley may have been ‘cat-napped’. 1993 Q Jan. 120/4 The horse falls into the hands of an unscrupulous stud owner from whom they horsenap it back. 1995 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. 5/4 The catnap had started as a practical joke but he claimed he had been beaten up after taking the cat and decided to ask for the money. 1999 Empire Nov. 23/3 Fearing that she has been cult-napped into marrying a wrinkly guru, her family hires P.J. Waters..to bring her back. 2001 Teddy Bear Scene Jan.–Feb. 20/1 He'd obviously been bear-napped by pranksters. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1978
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