nab
see also: NAB
Pronunciation
NAB
Proper noun
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.005
see also: NAB
Pronunciation
- IPA: /næb/
nab (nabs, present participle nabbing; past and past participle nabbed)
- (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
- 1887, Anna Katharine Green, 7 to 12, A Detective Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 2:
- As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.
- 1887, Anna Katharine Green, 7 to 12, A Detective Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 2:
- (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
- German: schnappen
- Russian: хвата́ть
nab (plural nabs)
- The summit of an eminence.
- The cock of a gunlock.
- (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
NAB
Proper noun
- (banking) Initialism of National Australia Bank
- Initialism of National Association of Broadcasters
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.005