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nab

UK/næb/ US/ˈnæb/ uncommon informal

verb

1.

tag the base runner to get him out

2.

abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons

  • “Catholics sometimes fast during Lent”
Synonyms
3.

deprive of food

  • “They starved the prisoners”

Origin

From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”).

Phrases

  • hab or nab
  • nab the rust

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