"nab" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /næb/ Audio: en-us-nab.ogg [US] Forms: nabs [plural]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: Compare knap, knop, knob. Etymology templates: {{m|en|knap}} knap, {{m|en|knop}} knop, {{m|en|knob}} knob Head templates: {{en-noun}} nab (plural nabs)
  1. The summit of a hill.
    Sense id: en-nab-en-noun-LUApGFgE
  2. The cock of a gunlock.
    Sense id: en-nab-en-noun-BfBJbU0B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 54 3 20 11
  3. (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
    Sense id: en-nab-en-noun-JHnHX~U1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /næb/ Audio: en-us-nab.ogg [US] Forms: nabs [present, singular, third-person], nabbing [participle, present], nabbed [participle, past], nabbed [past]
Rhymes: -æb Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|nap||to seize, lay hold of}} nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), {{der|en|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|en|gmq-osw|nappa||to pluck, pinch}} Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”), {{cog|da|nappe||to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize}} Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), {{cog|sv|nappa||to take, grab, pinch}} Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), {{cog|nb|nappe||to grab, snatch, pluck, yank}} Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} nab (third-person singular simple present nabs, present participle nabbing, simple past and past participle nabbed)
  1. (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive). Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms (arrest a criminal or fugitive): nick, bust, cop Translations (to seize a criminal): հանցանքի տեղում բռնել (hancʻankʻi teġum bṙnel) (Armenian), հանցանքի տեղում ձերբակալել (hancʻankʻi teġum jerbakalel) (Armenian), залавям (zalavjam) (Bulgarian), арестувам (arestuvam) (Bulgarian), 逮捕 (dàibǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), sbalit [perfective] (Czech), sebrat [perfective] (Czech), čapnout [perfective] (Czech), oppakken [slang] (Dutch), schnappen (German), хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), ухапсити (Serbo-Croatian), uhapsiti (Serbo-Croatian), haffa (Swedish), схо́плювати (sxópljuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), схопи́ти (sxopýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-nab-en-verb-r4JgEFjz Disambiguation of 'arrest a criminal or fugitive': 91 9 Disambiguation of 'to seize a criminal': 85 15
  2. (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to grab or snatch): отмъквам (otmǎkvam) (Bulgarian), lapnout [perfective] (Czech), choper [Europe] (French), pogner [Canada] (French), schnappen (German), хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), схвати́ть (sxvatítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nab-en-verb-RVWJckhl Disambiguation of 'to grab or snatch': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: knab Derived forms: hab or nab, kidnap, nabber, nab the rust
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [Northern Kurdish]

Head templates: {{kmr-adj}} nab
  1. pure
    Sense id: en-nab-kmr-adj-uLoux-kH Categories (other): Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Southeastern Tepehuan]

Etymology: Cognate with Northern Tepehuan návoi, O'odham nav, Central Tarahumara napó, Mayo naabo, Hopi naavu. Etymology templates: {{cog|ntp|návoi}} Northern Tepehuan návoi, {{cog|ood|nav}} O'odham nav, {{cog|tar|napó}} Central Tarahumara napó, {{cog|mfy|naabo}} Mayo naabo, {{cog|hop|naavu}} Hopi naavu Head templates: {{head|stp|noun}} nab
  1. prickly pear cactus Categories (lifeform): Cacti Derived forms: nab junmaꞌn
    Sense id: en-nab-stp-noun-A4u1Iju3 Categories (other): Southeastern Tepehuan entries with incorrect language header, Iu Mien terms in nonstandard scripts, White Hmong entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Iu Mien terms in nonstandard scripts: 4 18 3 7 5 13 45 3 3 Disambiguation of White Hmong entries with incorrect language header: 3 21 1 5 3 15 51 1 1

Noun [White Hmong]

IPA: /na˥/ Forms: tus [classifier]
Etymology: From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔnaŋ (“snake”). Cognate with Iu Mien naang. Etymology templates: {{inh|mww|hmx-pro|*ʔnaŋ|t=snake}} Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔnaŋ (“snake”), {{cog|ium|naang}} Iu Mien naang Head templates: {{head|mww|noun}} nab
  1. snake
    Sense id: en-nab-mww-noun-U419n-eO
  2. worm
    Sense id: en-nab-mww-noun-ua8Xr0~F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cua nab (english: earthworm), nab qa (english: lizard), ntses nab (english: eel)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hab or nab"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kidnap"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "ref": "1887, Anna Katharine Green, 7 to 12, A Detective Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 2",
          "text": "As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. \"Nabbed them,\" cried he."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 3, Mike D'Angelo, “Oscar Isaac and Ben Affleck blunder through a heavy heist in J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier”, in AV Club",
          "text": "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,)",
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        "(informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive)."
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "word": "bust"
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          "word": "cop"
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          "_dis1": "85 15",
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          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
          "word": "հանցանքի տեղում բռնել"
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          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
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          "word": "залавям"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dàibǔ",
          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
          "word": "逮捕"
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          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
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          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
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          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xvatátʹ",
          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
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          "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
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          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
          "word": "ухапсити"
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          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
          "word": "haffa"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sxópljuvaty",
          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "схо́плювати"
        },
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          "roman": "sxopýty",
          "sense": "to seize a criminal",
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            "perfective"
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        "To grab or snatch something."
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          "snatch",
          "snatch"
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        "(informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "transitive"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otmǎkvam",
          "sense": "to grab or snatch",
          "word": "отмъквам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to grab or snatch",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "lapnout"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to grab or snatch",
          "tags": [
            "Europe"
          ],
          "word": "choper"
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          "_dis1": "14 86",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to grab or snatch",
          "tags": [
            "Canada"
          ],
          "word": "pogner"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to grab or snatch",
          "word": "schnappen"
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          "roman": "xvatátʹ",
          "sense": "to grab or snatch",
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          ],
          "word": "хвата́ть"
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          "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
          "sense": "to grab or snatch",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "схвати́ть"
        }
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          "ref": "1703, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises",
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          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "stp",
          "name": "Cacti",
          "orig": "stp:Cacti",
          "parents": [
            "Caryophyllales order plants",
            "Succulents",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 18 3 7 5 13 45 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Iu Mien terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 21 1 5 3 15 51 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "nab junmaꞌn"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prickly pear cactus"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "prickly pear cactus",
          "prickly pear cactus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nab"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "earthworm",
      "word": "cua nab"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "lizard",
      "word": "nab qa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "eel",
      "word": "ntses nab"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
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        "3": "*ʔnaŋ",
        "t": "snake"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔnaŋ (“snake”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ium",
        "2": "naang"
      },
      "expansion": "Iu Mien naang",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔnaŋ (“snake”). Cognate with Iu Mien naang.",
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    {
      "form": "tus",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
        "2": "noun"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "snake"
      ],
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        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
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      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "worm"
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      "id": "en-nab-mww-noun-ua8Xr0~F",
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        [
          "worm",
          "worm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/na˥/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nab"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from North Germanic languages",
    "English terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Iu Mien terms in nonstandard scripts",
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    "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
    "White Hmong lemmas",
    "White Hmong nouns",
    "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hab or nab"
    },
    {
      "word": "kidnap"
    },
    {
      "word": "nabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "nab the rust"
    }
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  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nap",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to pluck, pinch"
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "nappa",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to take, grab, pinch"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "nappe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to grab, snatch, pluck, yank"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”).\nRelated to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”).",
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    {
      "form": "nabs",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "nabbing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nabbed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nabbed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1887, Anna Katharine Green, 7 to 12, A Detective Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 2",
          "text": "As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. \"Nabbed them,\" cried he."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 3, Mike D'Angelo, “Oscar Isaac and Ben Affleck blunder through a heavy heist in J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier”, in AV Club",
          "text": "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,)",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive)."
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        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "arrest",
          "arrest"
        ],
        [
          "custody",
          "custody"
        ],
        [
          "criminal",
          "criminal"
        ],
        [
          "fugitive",
          "fugitive"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive)."
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grab or snatch something."
      ],
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        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
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        [
          "snatch",
          "snatch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/næb/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æb"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-nab.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/83/En-us-nab.ogg/En-us-nab.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-nab.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "arrest a criminal or fugitive",
      "word": "nick"
    },
    {
      "sense": "arrest a criminal or fugitive",
      "word": "bust"
    },
    {
      "sense": "arrest a criminal or fugitive",
      "word": "cop"
    },
    {
      "word": "knab"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hancʻankʻi teġum bṙnel",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "word": "հանցանքի տեղում բռնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hancʻankʻi teġum jerbakalel",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "word": "հանցանքի տեղում ձերբակալել"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zalavjam",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "word": "залавям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "arestuvam",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "word": "арестувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàibǔ",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "word": "逮捕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sbalit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sebrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "čapnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "oppakken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "word": "schnappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xvatátʹ",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "хвата́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схвати́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "word": "ухапсити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "word": "uhapsiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "word": "haffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sxópljuvaty",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "схо́плювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sxopýty",
      "sense": "to seize a criminal",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схопи́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otmǎkvam",
      "sense": "to grab or snatch",
      "word": "отмъквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to grab or snatch",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "lapnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to grab or snatch",
      "tags": [
        "Europe"
      ],
      "word": "choper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to grab or snatch",
      "tags": [
        "Canada"
      ],
      "word": "pogner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to grab or snatch",
      "word": "schnappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xvatátʹ",
      "sense": "to grab or snatch",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "хвата́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvatítʹ",
      "sense": "to grab or snatch",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "схвати́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nab"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
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    "White Hmong lemmas",
    "White Hmong nouns",
    "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "args": {
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1828, George Young, A Geological Survey of the Yorkshire Coast",
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        }
      ],
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        "The summit of a hill."
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        [
          "summit",
          "summit"
        ],
        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The cock of a gunlock."
      ],
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        [
          "cock",
          "cock"
        ],
        [
          "gunlock",
          "gunlock"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1703, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot."
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        [
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          "keeper"
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        [
          "box",
          "box"
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        [
          "lock",
          "lock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/næb/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æb"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-nab.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-nab.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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  ],
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}

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    "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
    "White Hmong lemmas",
    "White Hmong nouns",
    "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nab",
      "name": "kmr-adj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "kmr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern Kurdish adjectives",
        "Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Northern Kurdish lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nab"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Iu Mien terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
    "White Hmong lemmas",
    "White Hmong nouns",
    "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nab junmaꞌn"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ood",
        "2": "nav"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tar",
        "2": "napó"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfy",
        "2": "naabo"
      },
      "expansion": "Mayo naabo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hop",
        "2": "naavu"
      },
      "expansion": "Hopi naavu",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Northern Tepehuan návoi, O'odham nav, Central Tarahumara napó, Mayo naabo, Hopi naavu.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stp",
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      "expansion": "nab",
      "name": "head"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Southeastern Tepehuan entries with incorrect language header",
        "Southeastern Tepehuan lemmas",
        "Southeastern Tepehuan nouns",
        "stp:Cacti"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prickly pear cactus"
      ],
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        [
          "prickly pear cactus",
          "prickly pear cactus"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nab"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Iu Mien terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "White Hmong entries with incorrect language header",
    "White Hmong lemmas",
    "White Hmong nouns",
    "White Hmong terms derived from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms inherited from Proto-Hmong-Mien",
    "White Hmong terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "earthworm",
      "word": "cua nab"
    },
    {
      "english": "lizard",
      "word": "nab qa"
    },
    {
      "english": "eel",
      "word": "ntses nab"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔnaŋ (“snake”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ium",
        "2": "naang"
      },
      "expansion": "Iu Mien naang",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tus",
      "tags": [
        "classifier"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mww",
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      },
      "expansion": "nab",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "White Hmong",
  "lang_code": "mww",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "snake"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snake",
          "snake"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "worm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worm",
          "worm"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/na˥/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nab"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: locksmithing",
  "path": [
    "nab"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nab",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: locksmithing",
  "path": [
    "nab"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nab",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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