nab

UK /næb/ US /næb/
verb 3noun 3name 3

Definitions

verb

1

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

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

Their target: a drug kingpin who reportedly keeps millions of dollars in his fortress of a compound. Pope has been working for years to nab this baddie, and sincerely wants to stop his reign of terror,)

2

To grab or snatch something.

3

To steal or copy another user's post.

noun

1

The summit of a hill.

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

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

2

The cock of a gunlock.

The Toe, or Nab of the Bolt, which rises[…]above the Straight on the Top of the Bolt: The Office of this Nab, is to receive the Bottom of the Bit of the Key, when in turning it about, it shoots the Bolt backward or forwards.

3

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

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

name

1

Initialism of National Australia Bank.

2

Initialism of National Association of Broadcasters.

3

Abbreviation of National Accountability Bureau.

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