释义 |
nabnab /næb/ verb (past tense and past participle nabbed, present participle nabbing) [transitive] informal nabOrigin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from nap ‘to seize’ (17-19 centuries), from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEnab |
Present | I, you, we, they | nab | | he, she, it | nabs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | nabbed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have nabbed | | he, she, it | has nabbed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had nabbed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will nab | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have nabbed |
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Present | I | am nabbing | | he, she, it | is nabbing | | you, we, they | are nabbing | Past | I, he, she, it | was nabbing | | you, we, they | were nabbing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been nabbing | | he, she, it | has been nabbing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been nabbing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be nabbing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been nabbing |
- A truck driver nabbed the suspected mugger.
- Bridget Fonda nabbed the starring role in the new movie.
- Most have either been nabbed by some one else or are into teenage bimbos or are gay.
- Spurned lovers and ex-wives were nabbed making obscene calls thanks to a new high-tech tracing system.
- That means attempts to nab the downright nasty might just nail a few well-heeled, flannel-shirted shoppers in the process.
- The princess has been nabbed by a knight, a black one, of course.
- The villains are nabbed by the analysis of the fibres found in a recovered car.
- Wonderful, senator, and how do you propose to nab those pilots?
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