Results for nab

Definitions of nab:

part of speech: past tense, past participle

Nabbed.

part of speech: verb

To catch or seize unexpectedly; to clap the hand down upon a thing- a low or slang word.

part of speech: verb transitive

To catch or seize unexpectedly.

part of speech: present participle

Nabbing.

Usage examples for nab:

• At times his jealousy so swelled him with rage that he even dared to nab one of Pluto's ears. "The Song of Songs", Hermann Sudermann

• Then you can see by the flash where it is and nab it. "Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford", George Randolph Chester

• Standing on, we passed close to the Bembridge or Nab Light- vessel. "A Yacht Voyage Round England", W.H.G. Kingston