nab

Meaning

Verb

1. (informal) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
2. (informal) To grab or snatch something.
3. 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.

Synonyms

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

take up

trap

🪤

tweak

twinge

understand

withhold information

sieze

snatch up

tear from

pinch.

attain

bite

bust

captivate

catch up with

come to

comprehend

conceive

confiscate

detain

discern

encounter

find

🔍

get

gripe

have up

hit

hold

hold up

Pronounced as (IPA)

/næb/

Etymology

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”).