Definition for Nab:

• tag the base runner to get him out

Synonyms for Nab:

• n.

  •
  • come by,
  • derive,
  • gain,
  • accept,
  • find,
  • bring,
  • get together.
  •
  • bounty hunter,
  • Breath Test,
  • apprehension,
  • breathalyze,
  • book,
  • body search.
  •
  • pinch,
  • run-in,
  • law.
  •arrest (noun)
  • pick ups,
  • restrainings,
  • preventive custodies,
  • arrest,
  • pull ins,
  • re-straining,
  • re straining,
  • gloms,
  • sequesterings,
  • protective custodies.
  •capture (noun)
  • gainings,
  • laying hold of,
  • snatchings,
  • takings,
  • obtainings,
  • winnings,
  • taking captive.
  •cop (noun)
  • cop.
  •detention (noun)
  • immurements,
  • holding backs,
  • with holding,
  • time the river,
  • with holdings,
  • time river,
  • keeping ins,
  • arrestations,
  • holding pens,
  • time up river,
  • with-holding,
  • with-holdings.

• v.

  •apprehend (verb)
  • takes prisoner,
  • taking prisoner,
  • placed under arrest,
  • placing under arrest,
  • places under arrest,
  • took prisoner.
  •arrest (verb)
  • puts the arm on,
  • glommed,
  • toss jail,
  • puts arm on,
  • putting arm on,
  • putting the cuffs on,
  • put arm on,
  • tossed jail,
  • tosses jail,
  • tosses in jail,
  • putting the arm on,
  • tost in jail,
  • tost jail,
  • puts cuffs on,
  • putting cuffs on,
  • tossing in jail,
  • puts the cuffs on,
  • tossing jail,
  • glomming,
  • tossed in jail,
  • put cuffs on.
  •capture (verb)
  • over whelming,
  • prehends,
  • over-whelming,
  • over-whelm,
  • prehending,
  • gains control,
  • gained control,
  • over-whelms,
  • over whelmed,
  • over whelms,
  • over whelm,
  • took captive,
  • over-whelmed.
  •catch (verb)
  • gets ones fingers on,
  • get ones fingers on,
  • pouncing on,
  • got ones fingers on,
  • gat fingers on,
  • getting ones fingers on,
  • gets one fingers on,
  • got one fingers on,
  • gotten one fingers on,
  • getting one fingers on,
  • gotten one's fingers on,
  • gets one's fingers on,
  • getting one's fingers on,
  • pounced on,
  • gotten ones fingers on,
  • taking hold of,
  • takes hold of,
  • pounces on,
  • took hold of,
  • got fingers on,
  • get one fingers on,
  • gat ones fingers on,
  • gotten fingers on,
  • got one's fingers on,
  • gat one fingers on,
  • gat one's fingers on,
  • getting fingers on,
  • lays hold of,
  • gets fingers on.
  •clutch (verb)
  • put snare on,
  • puts snare on,
  • putting snare on,
  • clinging to,
  • puts the snare on,
  • clung to,
  • putting the snare on.
  •collar (verb)
  • laid hands on,
  • laying hands on.
  •contact (verb)
  • nab.
  •corner (verb)
  • got ropes,
  • brings bay,
  • have tree,
  • haddest up a tree,
  • had a tree,
  • gotten on ropes,
  • had up a tree,
  • haddest a tree,
  • gets on ropes,
  • hath tree,
  • haddest up tree,
  • bringing bay,
  • got on ropes,
  • having up a tree,
  • gotten ropes,
  • hath up a tree,
  • had up tree,
  • haddest tree,
  • having tree,
  • getting ropes,
  • have a tree,
  • brought to bay,
  • hadst tree,
  • gat ropes,
  • hast tree,
  • gets ropes,
  • mousetrapping,
  • brings to bay,
  • hast up a tree,
  • has a tree,
  • has up tree,
  • hast up tree,
  • hath up tree,
  • hadst up a tree,
  • has tree,
  • had tree,
  • get ropes,
  • getting on ropes,
  • bring bay,
  • having a tree,
  • hadst a tree,
  • brought bay,
  • hast a tree,
  • having up tree,
  • mousetrapped,
  • hath a tree,
  • has up a tree,
  • gat on ropes,
  • hadst up tree,
  • bringing to bay,
  • have up tree.
  •detain (verb)
  • hanging up,
  • de tain,
  • re-serves,
  • slowing up,
  • in terns,
  • de tains,
  • in-tern,
  • hanged up,
  • in tern,
  • de-tain,
  • de laying,
  • de-lays,
  • de-lay,
  • re-strain,
  • re serving,
  • de-laying,
  • with held,
  • re-serve,
  • slows down,
  • de-tains,
  • re-served,
  • re-strains,
  • re serve,
  • slows up,
  • de lays,
  • sending up,
  • with-held,
  • slowing down,
  • in-terns,
  • re strain,
  • with holds,
  • hangs up,
  • with-holds,
  • re-strained,
  • re served,
  • re strains,
  • with hold,
  • re strained,
  • de lay,
  • re-serving,
  • with-hold.
  •get (verb)
  • lay ones hands on,
  • over coming,
  • over come,
  • laying one hands on,
  • de feats,
  • laid one hands on,
  • de feat,
  • over powered,
  • de-feat,
  • over-power,
  • lays ones hands on,
  • over-powered,
  • lays one's hands on,
  • over-coming,
  • over-powering,
  • laying one's hands on,
  • over comes,
  • over powering,
  • laid one's hands on,
  • lay one hands on,
  • de-feats,
  • over powers,
  • laid ones hands on,
  • laying ones hands on,
  • lays one hands on,
  • over-comes.
  •grab (verb)
  • get ones hands on,
  • got one's hands on,
  • gotten one hands on,
  • got hands on,
  • getting ones hands on,
  • getting one's hands on,
  • gets one's hands on,
  • get one hands on,
  • snapping up,
  • gat ones hands on,
  • gat one's hands on,
  • catching hold of,
  • gets hands on,
  • gotten ones hands on,
  • snapped up,
  • caught hold of,
  • gets one hands on,
  • gat hands on,
  • gets ones hands on,
  • gotten hands on,
  • gotten one's hands on,
  • getting hands on,
  • catches hold of,
  • got ones hands on,
  • gat one hands on,
  • getting one hands on,
  • got one hands on.
  •grapple (verb)
  • does battle,
  • doest battle,
  • dost battle,
  • did battle,
  • doeth battle,
  • didst battle,
  • doth battle.
  •grip (verb)
  • clapping hand on,
  • latching on to,
  • claps hand on,
  • clapped a hand on,
  • latch to,
  • clapping a hand on,
  • latched on to,
  • clapped hand on,
  • latches to,
  • claps a hand on,
  • latching to,
  • latched to,
  • clap hand on,
  • latches on to.
  •imprison (verb)
  • holding in custody,
  • sends to prison,
  • keeping in custody,
  • holds in custody,
  • keeps custody,
  • sending prison,
  • held hostage,
  • sent prison,
  • held custody,
  • holds captive,
  • holds custody,
  • sends prison,
  • held in custody,
  • sending to prison,
  • held captive,
  • kept in custody,
  • railing in,
  • keeping custody,
  • bastilling,
  • railed in,
  • keep custody,
  • kept custody,
  • bastilled,
  • keeping captive,
  • puts behind bars,
  • holding custody,
  • kept captive,
  • rails in,
  • holding captive,
  • holding hostage,
  • fences in,
  • locks in,
  • holds hostage,
  • send prison,
  • fencing in,
  • keeps in custody,
  • shuts in,
  • keeps captive,
  • putting behind bars,
  • hold custody,
  • sent to prison,
  • shutting in.
  •obtain (verb)
  • making use of,
  • scrapes together,
  • pro-curing,
  • pro curing,
  • re aching,
  • re-covers,
  • gat hold of,
  • scrapes up,
  • begs borrow steal,
  • pro cure,
  • pro cured,
  • scraped up,
  • gets hold of,
  • scraped together,
  • begs borrow or steal,
  • re covering,
  • re-aping,
  • pro-cures,
  • begged borrow steal,
  • re-aped,
  • pro-cure,
  • re covered,
  • begged borrow or steal,
  • pro-cured,
  • re-ached,
  • gotten hold of,
  • re cover,
  • re-covered,
  • gobbling up,
  • makes use of,
  • begging borrow or steal,
  • re covers,
  • pro cures,
  • re-covering,
  • begging borrow steal,
  • re aped,
  • scraping together,
  • re ached,
  • re-aching,
  • gobbles up,
  • beg borrow steal,
  • scraping up.
  •pillage (verb)
  • de-predating,
  • de spoiled,
  • de predating,
  • de solated,
  • de predates,
  • de-spoils,
  • de solating,
  • de-spoiling,
  • de-solates,
  • de-solated,
  • de-predated,
  • de predated,
  • de-spoiled,
  • de-solate,
  • de-solating,
  • de spoil,
  • de solate,
  • de spoiling,
  • de-predates,
  • de solates,
  • de-predate,
  • de predate,
  • de spoils,
  • de-spoil.
  •rip off (verb)
  • de-fraud,
  • ripping off,
  • imposed on,
  • de frauds,
  • de-frauds,
  • de fraud,
  • imposing on,
  • imposes on.
  •run in (verb)
  • throw jail,
  • throwing in jail,
  • throws in jail,
  • threw in jail,
  • throwing jail,
  • threw jail,
  • throws jail.
  •seize (verb)
  • take.
  •snatch (verb)
  • makes with,
  • made with,
  • making with,
  • made off with,
  • claps hands on,
  • make with,
  • makes off with,
  • clapped hands on,
  • clapping hands on.
  •surprise (verb)
  • bursted on,
  • dis-covering,
  • catch in act,
  • caught act,
  • catches offbalance,
  • laying for,
  • catching off-balance,
  • caught redhanded,
  • catching act,
  • catch off balance,
  • lied wait,
  • catches off-guard,
  • dropped on,
  • bursts in on,
  • catch the act,
  • laid for,
  • catch offguard,
  • catches offguard,
  • caught in act,
  • bursted in on,
  • dis cover,
  • springing on,
  • lies in wait,
  • dis covers,
  • taking by surprise,
  • catching off balance,
  • dis covered,
  • catching red handed,
  • catching offbalance,
  • catches red-handed,
  • catches act,
  • catches in act,
  • dis-cover,
  • sur-prised,
  • dropping in on,
  • caught the act,
  • catches redhanded,
  • dis-covers,
  • dropping on,
  • dis covering,
  • lied in wait,
  • sur prises,
  • dropt in on,
  • sur prise,
  • lie wait,
  • catch redhanded,
  • catches the act,
  • catches off balance,
  • catch act,
  • catching offguard,
  • takes by surprise,
  • drops in on,
  • catches red handed,
  • lying wait,
  • caught offbalance,
  • dropt on,
  • dropped in on,
  • catches in the act,
  • catching red-handed,
  • catching in act,
  • burst on,
  • bursting on,
  • catching in the act,
  • lies wait,
  • took by surprise,
  • sur-prise,
  • catching redhanded,
  • lays for,
  • dis-covered,
  • catching off guard,
  • drops on,
  • caught off-balance,
  • sur prised,
  • caught red handed,
  • bursting in on,
  • catches off-balance,
  • catch red handed,
  • sur prising,
  • sur-prises,
  • catching off-guard,
  • sprung on,
  • catch offbalance,
  • sur-prising,
  • sprang on,
  • caught offguard,
  • springs on,
  • catches off guard,
  • caught off-guard,
  • catching the act,
  • bursts on.
  •take (verb)
  • abduct,
  • annex,
  • gather,
  • deprive,
  • confiscate,
  • monopolize,
  • impound,
  • reap,
  • procure,
  • levy,
  • appropriate,
  • acquire,
  • harvest,
  • usurp,
  • commandeer,
  • amass,
  • collect.
  •take into custody (verb)
  • take in to custody.
  •trap (verb)
  • de coys,
  • boxing in,
  • sucking in,
  • over took,
  • be guile,
  • de-coys,
  • de coyed,
  • over takes,
  • over-taken,
  • de-coyed,
  • over-takes,
  • de coying,
  • de-coying,
  • ropes in,
  • over-taking,
  • tripping up,
  • sucks in,
  • roping in,
  • trips up,
  • over take,
  • boxed in,
  • be-guiles,
  • over-take,
  • over taking,
  • be guiles,
  • be-guile,
  • de-coy,
  • over-took,
  • de coy.

• Other synonyms:

  •bag
  • shoot,
  • kill.
  •capture
  • occupy,
  • takes captive,
  • take captive,
  • net,
  • prehend,
  • gaining control,
  • prehended,
  • gain control.
  •grip
  • clap a hand on,
  • latch on to.
  •imprison
  • remand,
  • lock up,
  • hold in custody,
  • locked up,
  • bastille,
  • shut in,
  • put behind bars,
  • Stockading,
  • remands,
  • Remanded,
  • hold captive,
  • rail in,
  • Remanding,
  • bastilles,
  • keep in custody,
  • locked in,
  • keep captive,
  • hold hostage,
  • locking in,
  • Stockaded,
  • lock in,
  • imprisoned,
  • locking up,
  • closeted,
  • fence in,
  • fenced in,
  • Closeting,
  • send to prison,
  • occlude.
  •pinch
  • Cribbed,
  • Cribbing,
  • filch.
  •rip off
  • heisting,
  • impose on,
  • heisted.
  •surprise
  • catch red-handed,
  • spring on,
  • waylay,
  • caught unawares,
  • lying in wait,
  • take by surprise,
  • catching unawares,
  • lay wait,
  • caught red-handed,
  • caught off balance,
  • catch off guard,
  • lie in wait,
  • lay in wait,
  • caught in the act,
  • drop in on,
  • lay for,
  • catch unawares,
  • caught off guard,
  • catch off-balance,
  • catches unawares,
  • catch off-guard,
  • burst in on,
  • catch in the act,
  • drop on.
  •take
  • ran with,
  • hauled in,
  • run with,
  • Accroach,
  • accroaching,
  • expropriate,
  • ran off with,
  • haul in,
  • run off with.
  •Other relevant words:
  • enlistment,
  • hoax,
  • closure,
  • prig,
  • intoxicate,
  • see,
  • perk up,
  • exigency,
  • swindle,
  • lag,
  • win,
  • ominous,
  • thieve,
  • steal,
  • indecent,
  • turn back,
  • chouse,
  • perk,
  • land,
  • peck,
  • encumbrance,
  • fool,
  • unbecoming,
  • flimflam,
  • dread,
  • heat,
  • heist,
  • gull,
  • arresting,
  • attain,
  • sweep through,
  • defraud,
  • play one false,
  • cheat,
  • dig,
  • learn,
  • swipe,
  • ensnare,
  • peg,
  • nail down,
  • snap,
  • boom,
  • comprehend,
  • pickup,
  • flatfoot,
  • sail through,
  • jilt,
  • fuzz,
  • secure,
  • pull,
  • bring in,
  • make fun,
  • hook,
  • hoodwink,
  • clasp,
  • get word,
  • hornswoggle,
  • bull,
  • snag,
  • savvy,
  • gather up,
  • wayward,
  • quail at,
  • peeler,
  • jockey,
  • adhere,
  • snitch,
  • fight over,
  • policeman,
  • obstinate,
  • averse,
  • percolate,
  • paddy,
  • lay,
  • nip,
  • diddle,
  • observe,
  • constable,
  • bite,
  • uplift,
  • trick,
  • pick,
  • blindfold,
  • sack,
  • inimical,
  • halt,
  • negative,
  • incarcerate,
  • adverse,
  • nobble,
  • endure,
  • chit,
  • crack,
  • victimize,
  • Cully,
  • harmful,
  • look,
  • restrain,
  • pig,
  • snare,
  • diaphragm,
  • compass,
  • gain vigor,
  • emergency,
  • GROK,
  • pinpoint,
  • elate,
  • contrary,
  • Arrestment,
  • deceive,
  • assemble,
  • check,
  • stoppage,
  • blast,
  • unfavorable,
  • abuse,
  • fasten upon,
  • contain,
  • jail,
  • find out,
  • obstruct,
  • get wind,
  • hold back,
  • run,
  • corral,
  • catch at,
  • turn around,
  • grab at,
  • Caught,
  • get a line,
  • grasp,
  • repugnant,
  • complete,
  • smash,
  • cabbage,
  • dupe,
  • knock-off,
  • mystify,
  • entrap,
  • choker,
  • clout,
  • pick-up,
  • hear,
  • pernicious,
  • feel,
  • hold,
  • indecorous,
  • cozen,
  • befool,
  • breeze through,
  • pull-in,
  • stop,
  • get the picture,
  • discover,
  • DO,
  • standstill,
  • bilk,
  • custody,
  • crook,
  • noisome,
  • bamboozle,
  • call for,
  • become,
  • ace,
  • vie for,
  • bobby,
  • get better,
  • malignant,
  • hostile,
  • capture a crook,
  • rap,
  • lift up,
  • discernment,
  • inauspicious,
  • unseemly,
  • snake,
  • catch on.

Paraphrases for Nab:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    jails, holds.

Antonyms for Nab:

• v.

  • seize
    let go, unfasten, liberate, free, misunderstand, release, receive, give, be immune, lose.
  • Other antonyms:
    emancipate, spring.

Nab Sentence Examples:

• But you must give me every chance to nab these birds.

• Then why don't you nab him one day when his pockets are stuffed with illegitimate five - shilling pieces?

Homophones for Nab:

• neap, nbw, nib, napu, nubby, nineveh, napaea, nova, nabob, Neve, nape, nabu, NPA, naif, nb, navy, new wave, NIMBY, navaho, nampa, nub, neb, nappy, nob, niffy, napa, Knab, newbie, niff, nwbw, nap, N.B., nepa, nippy, neva, nip off, numb, nov, np, nebo, Nawab, neophobia, navvy, nymph, nun buoy, nave, nympho, nymphaea, nv, nephew, napea, Niobe, nubia, nbe, naive, namibia, nebe, ninib, NABB, nypa, nip, nipa, knabb.

Hyponym for Nab:

• v.

  • contact
    seize, clutch, tag, prehend.