Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Initialism of National Australia Bank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: banking, business
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name
Initialism of National Association of Broadcasters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Abbreviation of National Accountability Bureau.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
The summit of a hill.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The cock of a gunlock.
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noun
The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
To grab or snatch something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
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verb
To steal or copy another user's post.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, transitive
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verb
seize suddenly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: seize, prehend, clutch
verb
take into custody
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, cop
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Broader terms: seize, prehend, clutch
verb
tag the base runner to get him out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tag
History
Compare knap, knop, knob.
From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”).
Across languages
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
