Usually means: Capture or seize something quickly.
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General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. nab: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nab: Merriam-Webster
  3. NAB, nab: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. NAB, nab: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nab: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nab: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nab, nab: Wordnik
  8. nab: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. NAB, nab: Wiktionary
  10. nab: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. nab: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. nab: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. NAB, n.a.b: Dictionary.com
  14. nab (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. nab: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. NAB, Nab, The Nab: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Nab: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. nab: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. nab: Rhymezone
  20. Nab: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. nab: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Nab: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. NAB, nab: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  24. Nab, Nab: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  25. nab: FreeDictionary.org
  26. nab: Mnemonic Dictionary
  27. NAB: TheFreeDictionary.com
  28. nab: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. NAB: Netlingo
  2. nab: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -nab: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. NAB: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. nab, nab, nab, nab: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nab: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. N.A.B, nab: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
verb:  (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
verb:  (Internet slang, transitive) To steal or copy another user's post.
noun:  The summit of a hill.
noun:  The cock of a gunlock.
noun:  (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
noun:  (banking) Initialism of National Australia Bank.
noun:  Initialism of National Association of Broadcasters.
noun:  (Pakistan) Abbreviation of National Accountability Bureau.

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