nab
v.
seize quickly and stealthily; arrest; grab; steal (Informal)
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nab
Verb
1. tag the base runner to get him out
(hypernym) tag
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
2. take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
(synonym) collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, cop
(hypernym) seize, prehend, clutch
3. seize suddenly
(hypernym) seize, prehend, clutch
Nab
(v. t.)
To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.
(n.)
The summit of an eminence.
(n.)
The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
(n.)
The cock of a gunlock.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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