📖 Definitions of "Grabs"
noun
- 1
A sudden snatch at something.
- 2
An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- 3
A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- 4
A sound bite.
verb
- 1
To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
"I grabbed her hand to pull her back from the cliff edge."
- 2
To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
"The suspect suddenly broke free and grabbed at the policeman's gun."
- 3
To restrain someone; to arrest.
- 4
To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
"How does that idea grab you?"
noun
- 1
A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Grabs"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| snapnoun | A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound. |
| snafflenoun | A 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. |
| irregularnoun | Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations. |
| take hold ofverb | take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of |
| bladesnoun | A surname. |
| capturesverb | (transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. |
| catchesverb | (countable) The act of seizing or capturing. |
| catchingnoun | The 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. |
| packagesnoun | Something 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. |
| shovelsnoun | A 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. |
| sicnoun | Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source. |
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