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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Nab

/(năb)/ · IPA /næb/
01 n. The summit of an eminence.
  1. 1.
    The summit of an eminence.[Prov. Eng.]
  2. 2.
    The cock of a gunlock.(Firearms)
  3. 3.
    The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.(Locksmithing)
02 v. t. To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.
imp. & p. p. Nabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nabbing
  1. 1.
    To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.[Colloq.]
  2. 2.
    To capture; to arrest; as, the police nabbed the culprit wtrying to hide in the basement.