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nabbing

nabbing is the present participle and gerund of nab.

Meaning of nab

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).
    • As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.1887, Anna Katharine Green, 7 to 12, A Detective Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 2
    Synonyms:
    nick, bust, cop
  2. (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
  3. (Internet, transitive) To steal or copy another user's post.

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Phrases with nabbing

Questions about nabbing

What is nabbing the present participle and gerund of?
Nabbing is the present participle and gerund of nab.

Words near nabbing in the dictionary

  1. nabbed the rust
  2. nabber
  3. nabbers
  4. nabbie
  5. nabbies
  6. nabbing
  7. nabbing the rust
  8. nabby
  9. nabe
  10. nabedrennik
  11. nabedrenniks

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