nabe
/neɪb/
nabe noun: neighborhood.
Noun (1)
nabe (plural nabes)
- Neighborhood.
- Cagers Will Attend ‘Nabe’ Gym Smoker.
Practically every basketball player in the city has promised to attend the benefit smoker at the Neighborhood House gym, Tenth and Galapago, Monday night.1922, Denver Post 2 Dec. 10/8 (head & text) - “Biggest flopperoo of year, so far,” wrote Green “was the highly touted preeming of Biff Brown’s band at the Ritz, nabe dancery near Bridgeport.” …
- Glossary of Swing Words in this Chapter. … Nabe dancery: Neighborhood ballroom.1938, Tommy Dorsey and George D. Lottman, “Love in Swingtime“ (syndicated serial) The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) 9 Aug. 12/2 and 12/3
- Cagers Will Attend ‘Nabe’ Gym Smoker.
- Neighborhood theater, neighborhood cinema.
- They picked an aging star, slapped together a moldy script, and sent the result out to the nabes.1970, New Yorker
Noun (2)
IPA/ˈnɑbeɪ/
nabe (uncountable)
Synonyms of nabe
Forms of nabe
| plural | nabes |
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Origin of nabe
Clipping of neighborhood; compare hood. In attributive use, attested since 1922; in noun sense “neighborhood”, since 1942; in noun sense “neighborhood theater”, since 1933, originally in New York City.
Clipping of nabemono, from Japanese 鍋物.
Words that rhyme with nabe
Questions about nabe
- What does nabe mean?
- Nabe means neighborhood.
- What part of speech is nabe?
- Nabe is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nabe?
- Nabe is pronounced /neɪb/.
- What is the plural of nabe?
- The plural of nabe is nabes.
Words near nabe in the dictionary
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