Nab

Quick meaning: Nab is a verb meaning (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).

Meaning

(informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).

More Meanings

1. (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
2. (Internet slang, transitive) To steal or copy another user's post.
3. The summit of a hill.
4. The cock of a gunlock.
5. (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

Example Sentences

At Clayton point and other nabs to the south of Scarborough.

the Bottom of the Bit may fall almost to the Bottom of the Nab , and shoot the Bolt back

As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.

‘I thought I heard my father,’ he gasped, glancing up to the frowning nab above us. ‘You are sure nobody spoke?’

Word Forms

• nabs
• nabbing
• nabbed

Synonyms for nab

Depending on context, synonyms include nick, bust, cop, apprehend, arrest, collar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include apprehend, arrest, pick up, collar, nail, cop.

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