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Grabs

/ɡɹæbz/

A sudden snatch at something.

📖 Definitions of "Grabs"

noun
  1. 1

    A sudden snatch at something.

  2. 2

    An acquisition by violent or unjust means.

  3. 3

    A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.

  4. 4

    A sound bite.

verb
  1. 1

    To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

    "I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge."

  2. 2

    To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).

    "The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun."

  3. 3

    To restrain someone; to arrest.

  4. 4

    To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.

    "How does that idea grab you?"

noun
  1. 1

    A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Grabs"

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catchverb(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
snatchverb(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
seizeverb(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
snap upverb(transitive, colloquial) To buy or acquire quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.
snapnounA quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
snafflenounA broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and the corners of the mouth, and is often used as a training bit.
irregularnounNonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.
take hold ofverbtake hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
bladesnounA surname.
capturesverb(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
catchesverb(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
catchingnounThe action of the verb catch.
caught(cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
clutchesnoun(idiomatic, usually in the plural) Grasp; possession; control.
getsverb(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
packagesnounSomething which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
pullsverb(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
seizesverb(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
shovelsnounA hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for digging. In strict usage differentiated from a spade, which is designed solely for small-scale digging and incidental tasks such as chopping of small roots.
sicnounThus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.

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