nab

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
2. (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
3. (Internet, transitive) To steal or copy another user's post.

Noun

1. The summit of a hill.
2. The cock of a gunlock.
3. The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

Concepts

saisir

épingler

choper

agripper

arrêter

capturer

prendre

attraper

🪤

pogner

Synonymes

grab

snatch

seize

arrest

catch

apprehend

capture

grasp

nail

clutch

pinch

collar

grapple

hook

🪝

pick up

get hold of

take

nick

grip

cop

👮

lag

nap

nibble

nip

nobble

notice

peck

perceive

poach

pop

rape

ravish

rifle

run across

run up against

scald

score

scrounge

snaffle

snag

snap

snap up

spoil

steal

sting

strike

surprise

take hold

take in charge

take into custody

Traductions

schnappen

erwischen

agafar

afferrare

συλλαμβάνω

bemachtigen

fassen

grijpen

capturar

اعتقل

αρπάζω

greifen

prendere

aangrijpen

vangen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

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Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à danois: nappe

Appartenant à suédois: nappa

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: nappe

In summary

From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”).
Related to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”).