grab

Naija

Etymology

Borrowed from English grab

Pronunciation

• grâb

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1599
• Frequency in raw corpus: 46
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 3320

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Adjective

grab: to have macho features -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Di my broda grab o.  — no translation

Synonyms

• toast 0.77 20, ration 0.70 6, disappoint 0.70 31, twist 0.70 21, hug 0.70 24, admire 0.70 7, bathe 0.69 8, concentrate 0.69 26, stir 0.69 20

Antonyms

• toast 0.77 20, ration 0.70 6, disappoint 0.70 31, twist 0.70 21, hug 0.70 24, admire 0.70 7, bathe 0.69 8, concentrate 0.69 26, stir 0.69 20

Translations

• English: to have macho features

Verb

grab: understand -- Definition in Naija?

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   Shey you grab wetin I dey talk?  — no translation

2. obj (frequency:6)

   Grab sobolo den pop corn make we go!  — (bbc__101885, __no translation__)

   Dem dey call dose kind women grab someting women.  — (IBA_03_Womanisers_MG__115, They call women like that 'grab something women'.)

3. mark-obj (frequency:3)

   Her book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings na one of di many wey she write wey grab people attention.  — (bbc__55732, __no translation__)

   tell pikin if e don reach to grab wetin de dey tell am sey wetin de don do wey concern am as dis section take talk and why de do wetin de do ;  — (hildrights__758, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• toast 0.77 20, ration 0.70 6, disappoint 0.70 31, twist 0.70 21, hug 0.70 24, admire 0.70 7, bathe 0.69 8, concentrate 0.69 26, stir 0.69 20

Antonyms

• toast 0.77 20, ration 0.70 6, disappoint 0.70 31, twist 0.70 21, hug 0.70 24, admire 0.70 7, bathe 0.69 8, concentrate 0.69 26, stir 0.69 20

Translations

• English: understand