grab 1 
(grăb)
(grăb)v. grabbed, grab·bing, grabs
v.tr.
1. To take or grasp suddenly: grabbed the letter from me.
2. To capture or restrain; arrest.
3. To obtain or appropriate unscrupulously or forcibly: grab public funds; grab power.
4. To take hurriedly: grabbed my coat and hat and left.
5. Slang To capture the attention of: a plot that grabs the reader.
v.intr.
To make a grasping or snatching motion: We grabbed for the life raft.
n.
1.
a. A sudden attempt to grasp or hold something: made a grab for the railing.
b. A sudden, often unscrupulous taking control or ownership of something: "The imminence of death is reflected in every last power-stroke and grab of the great money bosses" (Dylan Thomas).
2. A mechanical device for gripping an object.
adj.
Idiom: Relating or being an object or device that is grabbed or gripped for support or balance: installed a grab bar in the shower.
up for grabs Slang
Available for anyone to take or win: "The reputation of the ... king is still up for grabs" (William Zinsser).
[Obsolete Dutch or Low German grabben, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; see ghrebh-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
grabba·ble adj.
grabber n.
- “Jim.”
- “Joe.”
- “Kim.”
- “Kit.”
- “Le Douanier.”
- “Tex.”
- “the Black Prince.”
- “the Confessor.”
- “the Hoosier Poet.”
- “the Lady with the Lamp.”
- “Vince.”
- “Willie.”
- Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus.
- Flavius Valerius Constantinus.
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