Green’s Dictionary of Slang
nab, n.1 1. the head. 2. the head of a stick or penis. 3. a hat. 4. a coxcomb, a fop. 5. an important person. 6. the devil. 7. the joker (cards).
3 sub-entries
nab, n.2 1. a police officer; thus the nabs, the police. 2. an arrest, a police raid. 3. a railroad security man. 4. a robbery.
nab, v.1 1. of objects, to snatch, to steal, to seize. 2. to apprehend or arrest someone. 3.
to catch or capture a person unawares; to catch, in sense of to hit; to take or seize. 4. to obtain for oneself, to grab; thus in a sexual context, to seduce. 5. to catch someone out, esp. if cheating. 6. to steal a ride on a train.
14 sub-entries
nab, v.2 to cheat with dice.
nab cheat
(n.)
a hat, a cap. under nab, n.1
nab girder
(n.)
a bridle. under nab, n.1
nabs on
(adj.)
signifying the hallmark, i.e. proof of quality, on a silver or gold object. under nab, n.1
nab cony
(n.)
see Mother Knab-cony under mother n. under nab, v.1
nab-cramps
(n.)
handcuffs. under nab, v.1
nab-crib
(n.)
the police cells. under nab, v.1
nabman
(n.)
1. a policeman. 2. a bailiff. under nab, v.1
nab in the hock
(v.)
to catch in the act. under nab, v.1
nab it on the dial
(v.)
to take a blow on the face. under nab, v.1
nab the cramp
(v.)
to receive a death sentence. under nab, v.1
nab the regulars
(v.)
to take one’s usual share of a robbery’s proceeds. under nab, v.1
nab the rust
(v.)
1. orig. of horses, to be ill-tempered, sullen. 2. to be punished. 3. to receive money. under nab, v.1
nab the snow
(v.)
to steal linen that has been put out to bleach or dry. under nab, v.1
nab the stifles
(v.)
to be hanged. under nab, v.1
nab the stoop
(v.)
see
knap the stoop under knap v. under nab, v.1
nab the teize
(v.)
for a prisoner to be flogged as a punishment while in prison, rather than in public. under nab, v.1
nab-all, n. a fool.
nabber, n. 1. a thief. 2. a bailiff, a constable. 3. a police officer.
nabbing cheat, n. the gallows.
nabbing-cull, n. see nabman under nab v.1
nabbing-ken, n. a court.
nabble, v. to steal.
nabbler, n. an operator of a rigged game of ‘chance', e.g. the three-card trick or thimble-rig n. (1)
nabblers, n. the fingers (in the context of stealing).
nabe, n.1 1. a local cinema, usu. in pl. 2. a neighbourhood. 3. a local bar.
nabe, n.2 see nab n.1
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