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knabs

knabs is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Proper noun capitalized: Knabs

Knabs

  1. (plural) plural of Knab

Questions about knabs

What is knabs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Knabs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of knab.
What part of speech is knabs?
Knabs is a proper noun.

Words near knabs in the dictionary

  1. knabbed
  2. knabbing
  3. knabble
  4. Knable
  5. Knables
  6. knabs
  7. Knabstrupper
  8. knack
  9. knack-kneed
  10. knacked
  11. knacker

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