Definition of
Nab
- (verb, contact) tag the base runner to get him out
- (verb, contact) take into custody
- (verb, contact) seize suddenly
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Origin of the word Nab
- "to catch (someone), 1686, probably a variant of dial. nap "to seize, catch, lay hold of" (1673, now surviving only in kidnap), which is possibly from Scand. (cf. Norw. nappe "to catch, snatch;" Swed. nappa; Dan. nappe "to pinch, pull"), reinforced by M.E. napand "grasping, greedy." more
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Words that sound like Nab
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