knab

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/næb/

verb

To nab or steal.

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Meanings

knab1

verbknab (third-person singular simple present knabs, present participle knabbing, simple past and past participle knabbed)

present singular third person knabs · participle present knabbing · participle past knabbed · past knabbed

  1. colloquialTo nab or steal.
  2. obsoleteTo seize with the teeth; to gnaw or bite.

    a Mouthful of Fresh Grass to Knab upon

    1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

knab2

nounknab (plural knabs)

plural knabs

  1. NorthumbriaarchaicA hill.
  2. OrkneyScotlandShetlanda promontory or headland

Knab3

proper nounKnab (plural Knabs)

plural Knabs

  1. A surname.

Origin

knab · verb

See nab, and compare knap.

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knab · noun

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with knab

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Anagrams

banknabk
Cite this entry
APA

knab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knab

MLA

“knab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knab. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “knab,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knab.

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