Nabe

//neɪb// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Neighborhood. slang

    "Cagers Will Attend ‘Nabe’ Gym Smoker. Practically every basketball player in the city has promised to attend the benefit smoker at the Neighborhood House gym, Tenth and Galapago, Monday night."

  2. 2
    A Japanese hot pot dish. slang, uncountable
  3. 3
    Neighborhood theater, neighborhood cinema. slang

    "They picked an aging star, slapped together a moldy script, and sent the result out to the nabes."

Synonyms

All synonyms
hoodhoodnabemono

Example

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""Is it ok if I ask a stupid question? Can you read this? Korona... uzu? nabe? or something else?" "Koronaka." "Ah, ka." "I think you should be watching more TV.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of neighborhood; compare hood. In attributive use, attested since 1922; in noun sense “neighborhood”, since 1942; in noun sense “neighborhood theater”, since 1933, originally in New York City.

Etymology 2

Clipping of nabemono, from Japanese 鍋物.

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