nab

(nab)

transitive verb nabbed, nabbing

  1. to seize suddenly; snatch or steal
  2. to arrest or catch (a felon or wrongdoer)

Origin: < thieves' slang (16th-17th c.) prob. var. of dial. nap, to snatch < Scand, as in Dan nappe, Swed nappa, to snatch

  1. naval air base
  2. New American Bible

See nab in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb nabbed nabbed, nab·bing, nabs
Informal
  1. To seize (a fugitive or wrongdoer); arrest.
  2. To grab; snatch.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps variant of dialectal nap, to seize

Origin: , probably of Scandinavian origin

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Related Forms:

  • nabˈber noun

abbreviation
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