"yab" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From yap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yabs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabbing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabbed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabbed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "yab (third-person singular simple present yabs, present participle yabbing, simple past and past participle yabbed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Nigerian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 7 2 7 2 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 6 2 6 2 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1974, Afriscope, volume 4, numbers 1-6, page 42:",
          "text": "But in between the bouts of light-hearted yabbing Fela began to insert serious political challenges. He attacked prevalent attitudes towards self determination which he abhorred. He stated that black people were being robbed.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally."
      ],
      "id": "en-yab-en-verb-OHngRt04",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "satirize",
          "satirize"
        ],
        [
          "roast",
          "roast"
        ],
        [
          "abuse",
          "abuse"
        ],
        [
          "verbally",
          "verbally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Nigeria, transitive, intransitive) To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "yabbi"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Nigeria",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yab"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From yap.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "yabs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabbing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabbed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yabbed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "yab (third-person singular simple present yabs, present participle yabbing, simple past and past participle yabbed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "yabbi"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Nigerian English",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1974, Afriscope, volume 4, numbers 1-6, page 42:",
          "text": "But in between the bouts of light-hearted yabbing Fela began to insert serious political challenges. He attacked prevalent attitudes towards self determination which he abhorred. He stated that black people were being robbed.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "satirize",
          "satirize"
        ],
        [
          "roast",
          "roast"
        ],
        [
          "abuse",
          "abuse"
        ],
        [
          "verbally",
          "verbally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Nigeria, transitive, intransitive) To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Nigeria",
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "yab"
}