Definition of "nab" in English

verb

1. (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).

   • As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.

2. (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.

3. (Internet slang, transitive) To steal or copy another user's post.

noun

1. The summit of a hill.

2. The cock of a gunlock.

3. (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.