shab

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To scratch; to rub.
  • To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.

Origin

  • From Middle English shabbe, schabbe, from Old English sÄ‹eabb, from Proto-West Germanic *skabb, from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz. See also scab.
  • See scab.

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