Meanings
verbyab (third-person singular simple present yabs, present participle yabbing, simple past and past participle yabbed)
present singular third person yabs · participle present yabbing · participle past yabbed · past yabbed
- NigeriaambitransitiveTo satirize or roast; to abuse verbally.
But in between the bouts of light-hearted yabbing Fela began to insert serious political challenges. He attacked prevalent attitudes towards self determination which he abhorred. He stated that black people were being robbed.
1974, Afriscope, volume 4, numbers 1-6, page 42
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