English Explanatory Dictionary

shab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Scabies.
  2. A scab.
verb
  1. To scratch; to rub.
verb
  1. To move (something, away or out of the way), to drive off.
  2. To skulk or sneak away.

Pronunciation

/ʃæb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shab.wav

Word forms

shab shabs shabbing shabbed

Etymology

From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English sċeabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. Doublet of scab.

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