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knabbing

knabbing is the present participle and gerund 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 knabbing

What is knabbing the present participle and gerund of?
Knabbing is the present participle and gerund of knab.

Words near knabbing in the dictionary

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

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