NABBING Synonyms

• (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

• the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

• becoming infected

• (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

• small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together

• the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

• get the meaning of something

• take into custody

• anticipate with dread or anxiety

• the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

• a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field

• any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

• the act of taking of a person by force

• the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board

• succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

• attract; cause to be enamored

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

• deprive of freedom; take into confinement

• stop or halt

• cause to be slowed down or delayed

• a mechanical device for gripping an object

• the act of catching an object with the hands

• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

• get hold of or seize quickly and easily

• make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand

• obtain illegally or unscrupulously

• take or grasp suddenly

• capture the attention or imagination of

• get the meaning of something

• take into custody

• anticipate with dread or anxiety

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• take into custody

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• attract and fix

• cause to come to an abrupt stop

• a complete failure

• the chest of a woman

• a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

• lacking funds

• ruin completely

• search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• go to pieces

• break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

• a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over

• (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal

• anything worn or placed about the neck

• a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part

• the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot

• a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it

• necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck

• a figurative restraint

• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)

• take into custody

• seize by the neck or collar

• furnish with a collar

• uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

• take by theft

• take into custody

• horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

• a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

• a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

• attach something somewhere by means of nails

• take into custody

• hit with great force

• succeed in obtaining a position

• succeed at easily

• locate exactly

• complete a pass

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• (British slang) a prison

• a small cut

• cut slightly, with a razor

• cut a nick into

• divide or reset the tail muscles of

• mate successfully; of livestock

• take and lift upward

• take up by hand

• give a passenger or a hitchhiker a lift

• gather or collect

• get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally

• get in addition, as an increase

• take into custody

• buy casually or spontaneously

• register (perceptual input)

• lift out or reflect from a background

• meet someone for sexual purposes

• fill with high spirits; fill with optimism

• improve significantly; go from bad to good

• perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily

• eat by pecking at, like a bird

• gain or regain energy