grab

Plural: grabs

Noun

• a mechanical device for gripping an object
• the act of catching an object with the hands
  • "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"
• A sudden snatch at something.
• An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
• A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
• A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
• A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
• A sound bite.
• That which is seized.
• The rescue of a person from a burning structure.
• A simple card game.
• A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

Verb

Verb Forms: grabbed, grabbing, grabs

• To grasp or seize suddenly and roughly.
• take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
  • "Grab the elevator door!"
• get hold of or seize quickly and easily
• make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
  • "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
• obtain illegally or unscrupulously
  • "Grab power"
• take or grasp suddenly
  • "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"
• capture the attention or imagination of
  • "This story will grab you"
• To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
• To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
• To restrain someone; to arrest.
• To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
• To quickly collect, retrieve, or take.
• To consume something quickly.
• To take the opportunity of.

Examples

• Come in and grab a seat [i.e. sit down].
• He needed to GRAB that triple word score before his opponent did.
• How does that idea grab you?
• I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge.
• Is there time to grab a coffee?
• Stop grabbing or I won't give you any cookies.
• The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun.
• We'll just grab a sandwich and then we'll be on our way.

Synonyms

catch, seize, snaffle, snap, snap up, snatch, take hold of, clutch, grasp

Anagrams of grab