labb

• IPA^(key): /lapː/
• Rhymes: -apː

labb n (genitive singular labbs, no plural)

1. saunter, stroll

   Synonyms: rölt, ról, göngutúr

• labba (“to stroll”)

Cf. Swedish labb and Danish lab.

labb m (definite singular labben, indefinite plural labbar, definite plural labbane)

1. paw (foot of an animal)

• harelabb
• kattelabb
• kjapp på labben

• pote

From dialectal labba ’to walk heavily and clumsily.’

labb c

1. Skua; a seabird in the family Stercorariidae.

Ablaut of Old Norse lófi; see handlov. Attested in Swedish at least since the XVII century. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk labb and Danish lab.

labb c

1. a larger paw (of for example a bear)

   Synonym: (front paw of a bear) ram

   björnens labbar

   the bear's paws

2. a flipper (of a seal)
3. (colloquial) a (big) hand

The more general word for paw is tass.

• karda
• näve

Contraction of laboration (“laboratory experiment.”)

labb c

1. (colloquial) An experiment conducted in a laboratory, especially within teaching.

Contraction of laboratorium (“laboratory.”)

labb n

1. (colloquial) Lab, laboratory.

• labb in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• labb in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• labb in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)