name, noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A hill. Northumbria, archaic
2. 2
   a promontory or headland Orkney, Scotland, Shetland

Verb

1. 1
   To nab or steal. colloquial
2. 2
   To seize with the teeth; to gnaw. obsolete

   "a Mouthful of Fresh Grats to Knab upon"

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

collarcopnickfangnibbleapprehend

Example

More examples

"a Mouthful of Fresh Grats to Knab upon"

Etymology

Etymology 1

See nab, and compare knap.

Etymology 2

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

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