name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
knab
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/næb/
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rhymes with -æb
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CMU ARPABET: N AE1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A hill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northumbria, archaic
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noun
Meaning 3
a promontory or headland
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Orkney, Scotland, Shetland
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verb
Meaning 4
To nab or steal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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verb
Meaning 5
To seize with the teeth; to gnaw or bite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
See nab, knob (in the sense of a rounded hill).
See nab, and compare knap.