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knabbed

knabbed is the simple past and past participle of knab.

Meaning of knab

Verb

knab (third-person singular simple present knabs, present participle knabbing, simple past and past participle knabbed)

  1. (colloquial) To nab or steal.
  2. (obsolete) To seize with the teeth; to gnaw or bite.
    • a Mouthful of Fresh Grass to Knab upon1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

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Questions about knabbed

What is knabbed the simple past and past participle of?
Knabbed is the simple past and past participle of knab.

Words near knabbed in the dictionary

  1. Knaacks
  2. Knaak
  3. Knaaks
  4. Knaanic
  5. knab
  6. knabbed
  7. knabbing
  8. knabble
  9. Knable
  10. Knables
  11. knabs

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