nabs

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noun

A single-serving package of snack crackers, usually filled with peanut butter.

“He purchased a pack of nabs from the vending machine.”

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Meanings

nabs1

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of nab

nabs2

nounnabs (plural nabs)
  1. UKalternativeslangAlternative form of nibs (“an important or self-important person”).
  2. UKalternativedatedslangAlternative form of nibs (“self”).

nabs3

nounnabs pl (plural only)
  1. USpluralplural onlyA single-serving package of snack crackers, usually filled with peanut butter.

    He purchased a pack of nabs from the vending machine.

    3 more examples

    "Essos and Phillips 66s meant a pack of nabs and a Grapette for me."

    1996, Grace Ollis Calhoun, Growing Up Country and Liking It!, The Overmountain Press, page 27

    "Others walked to small stores to buy a pack of Nabs cheese crackers, ..."

    2005, Mark Sohn, Appalachian Home Cooking, University Press of Kentucky, page 74

    "I'll give you ten bucks to use your telephone and for a pack of nabs and a cold drink."

    2014, Marion Eugene Williams, A Cop's Dilemma, Xlibris Corporation, page 92

Origin

nabs · verb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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nabs · noun

From the brand name Nabs. Clipping of Nabisco.

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APA

nabs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nabs

MLA

“nabs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nabs. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nabs,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nabs.

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