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knab.

To nab or steal.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/næb/
  1. To nab or steal.

    colloquial
  2. To seize with the teeth; to gnaw or bite.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

See nab, and compare knap.

noun/næb/
  1. A hill.

    Northumbria · archaic
  2. a promontory or headland

    Orkney · Scotland · Shetland
Where this word comes from

See nab, knob (in the sense of a rounded hill).

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