different between shab vs sab

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English s?eabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. See scab.

Noun

shab (countable and uncountable, plural shabs)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) Scabies.
2. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A scab.

Verb

shab (third-person singular simple present shabs, present participle shabbing, simple past and past participle shabbed)

1. (obsolete) To scratch; to rub.

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Etymology 2

See scab.

Verb

shab (third-person singular simple present shabs, present participle shabbing, simple past and past participle shabbed)

1. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.

Anagrams

• AHBs, Bahs, Bash, HABs, HBAs, Habs, bahs, bash, habs

English

Etymology

Short for sabotage.

Verb

sab (third-person singular simple present sabs, present participle sabbing, simple past and past participle sabbed)

1. (informal) To sabotage, especially fox hunts in opposition to blood sports.

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. (informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.

Anagrams

• ABS, ABs, Abs, B. A. S., B.A.S., B.A.s, BAS, BAs, BSA, SBA, abs, abs-, abs., bas

Catalan

Verb

sab

1. Obsolete form of sap.

Cornish

Noun

sab f (singulative saben)

1. pines

Synonyms

• pin

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French sable (“sand”)

Noun

sab

1. sand

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (?a??ba). Compare Moroccan Arabic ???? (??b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?p/

Verb

sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)

1. to find
   1. to find (something) useful
2. to catch
3. to look for
4. to find out, to realise

Conjugation

Scots

Noun

sab (plural sabs)

1. sob

Verb

sab

1. sob