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Nabs vs Abs - What's the difference?

nabs | abs |

As a verb nabs

is (nab).

As a noun abs is

.

nabs

English

Verb

(head)
  • (nab)

    • Anagrams

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    nab

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (nabb)
  • To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive
  • To grab or snatch something
    • Synonyms
    * (To arrest a criminal or fugitive) nick, bust
    Derived terms
    * nabber * kidnap

    Etymology 2

    Compare knap, knop, knob.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The summit of an eminence.
    • (Halliwell)
  • The cock of a gunlock.
    • (Knight)
  • (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
    • (Knight)

    Anagrams

    * * Appalachian English English transitive verbs ----

    abs

    English

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • absolute temperature
  • (mathematics) Abbreviated form of the absolute value function.
  • Abstract.

    • Noun

    (head) (p)
  • (informal) The abdominal muscles.

    • Usage notes

    The singular (ab) is rarely used.

    Synonyms

    * abdominal muscles * abdominals

    References

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