English-Thai Dictionary

nab

VT จับ  คว้า  ฉกฉวย  catch clutch grab snatch drop release jab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NAB

n.The summit of a mountain or rock.

 

NAB

v.t.To catch suddenly; to seize by a sudden grasp or thrust; a word little used and only in low language.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NAB

Nab, n. Etym: [Cf. Knap, Knop, Knob. ]

 

1. The summit of an eminence. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell.

 

2. (Firearms )

 

Defn: The cock of a gunlock. Knight.

 

3. (Locksmithing )

 

Defn: The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot. Knight.

 

NAB

Nab, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Nabbing.] Etym: [Dan nappe, or Sw. nappa. ]

 

Defn: To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly. [Colloq. ] Smollett.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

NAB

NAB ▶abbreviation • National Association of Broadcasters. • New American Bible.

 

nab

nab |nab næb | ▶verb ( nabs, nabbing, nabbed ) [ with obj. ] informal catch (someone ) doing something wrong: Olympic drug tests nabbed another athlete yesterday. • take, grab, or steal (something ): Dan nabbed the seat next to mine. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (also as napp; compare with kidnap ): of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

nab

nab |nab | ▶verb ( nabs, nabbing, nabbed ) [ with obj. ] informal catch (someone ) doing something wrong: the Feds nabbed a suspected terrorist. • take, grab, or steal (something ): Dan nabbed the seat next to mine. ORIGIN late 17th cent. (also as napp; compare with kidnap ): of unknown origin.

 

NAB

NAB ▶abbreviation • National Association of Broadcasters. • New American Bible.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

nab

nab verb informal they nabbed the suspect outside of his trailer: catch, capture, apprehend, arrest, seize, grab; informal nail, pull in, pick up.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

nab

nab verb informal police nabbed him when he got back home. See catch (sense 2 of the verb ).

 

Sanseido Dictionary

NAB

NAB 〖 National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan 〗日本民間放送連盟 。1951 年 （昭和 26 ），ラジオ 16 社により結成 。

 

NAB

NAB 〖 New Arrangements to Borrow 〗IMF の新借入取り決め 。緊急融資の資金調達にあたって ，GAB （一般借り入れ協定 ）に優先する資金源となる 。1998 年発効 。

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

nab

nab /næb /動詞 ～s ; ～bed ; ～bing 他動詞 ｟くだけて ｠1 «…のかどで /…したかどで » 〈人 〉を逮捕する, 取り押さえる «for /for do ing » .2 〈物 〉をさっと取る, ひっつかむ, 〈人 〉をつかまえる ; «…で » 〈賞など 〉を獲得する «for » .