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yabs

yabs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yab.

Meaning of yab

Verb

yab (third-person singular simple present yabs, present participle yabbing, simple past and past participle yabbed)

  1. (Nigeria, ambitransitive) To satirize or roast; to abuse verbally.
    • But in between the bouts of light-hearted yabbing Fela began to insert serious political challenges. He attacked prevalent attitudes towards self determination which he abhorred. He stated that black people were being robbed.1974, Afriscope, volume 4, numbers 1-6, page 42

Questions about yabs

What is yabs the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Yabs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of yab.

Words near yabs in the dictionary

  1. Yabo
  2. yaboo
  3. yaboos
  4. yabos
  5. Yabrudian
  6. yabs
  7. yabu
  8. Yabucoa
  9. yabus
  10. yabusame
  11. Yabut

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