Meaning

3 senses
  1. The summit of a hill.

  2. The cock of a gunlock.

  3. The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The robber was nabbed this morning.

    ruВора поймали сегодня утром. — odexed

  2. Government agencies have increased patrols to nab those behind the crimes.

    CC0 · Tatoeba · Cangarejo · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Slow down. Cops like to nab people up there.

    CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Compare knap, knop, knob.

Compare knap, knop, knob.

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Forms

plural: nabs
Singularnab
Pluralnabs

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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