grabbern.

Brit.

/ˈɡrabə/, U.S.

/ˈɡræbər/

Etymology: < grab v. + -er suffix¹.

One who or that which grabs; esp. in (or short for) the combination land-grabber n. used chiefly in Ireland as a term of reproach for one who takes a holding from which another has been evicted.

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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > without right > one who

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1849 T. Miller in G. W. M. Reynolds Myst. of London V. lxxvi. 243/1 Instead of making you either a..buzzman, grabber, or sneak, we..makes a cracksman of you at once.

1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang Grabbers, the hands.

1880 Daily Tel. 27 Oct. 5/8 A tenant farmer, whom Mr. Healy denounced as a land grabber.

1889 Daily News 24 May 5/8 He was questioned about boycotting and intimidation..He had..said he would not hurt a hair of the grabber's head.

1920 R. Macaulay Potterism i. iii. 37 He thinks Johnny's a profiteer, too, because of the ribbons and things... It's in the blood. We're grabbers.

1961 Bible (New Eng.) 1 Cor. v. 10 I was not, of course, referring to pagans who lead loose lives or are grabbers and swindlers or idolaters.

1961 Bible (New Eng.) 1 Cor. vi. 10 No thieves or grabbers or drunkards..will possess the kingdom of God.

2002 Prospect Aug. 1/2 America's founding fathers weren't political idealists so much as land grabbers.

Draft additions July 2011

A device which enables a still image to be obtained from a film or video sequence; a device or software function which allows a portion of video or audio data to be captured in digital form. Usually with modifying word.frame grabber, screen grabber, video grabber: see the first element.

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1970 Electronic Design 12 Apr. 69/2 What we would really like is a frame grabber.

1984 InfoWorld (Nexis) 3 Sept. 46 The Artronics PC Image Grabber system, for example, digitizes a scene taken from a video camera hooked up to a personal computer.

1998 Computers in Industry 36 ii. 155 A Pentium PC equipped additionally with an optical grabber.

2009 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. For better video quality, the Canopus ADVC 55 video-grabber device..faithfully converts an analogue video into a digital file and transfers it to a computer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grabber
释义	grabbern. Brit. /ˈɡrabə/, U.S. /ˈɡræbər/ Etymology: < grab v. + -er suffix¹. One who or that which grabs; esp. in (or short for) the combination land-grabber n. used chiefly in Ireland as a term of reproach for one who takes a holding from which another has been evicted. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation > without right > one who supplantera1393 usurperc1425 usurpator?1530 grabber1849 1849 T. Miller in G. W. M. Reynolds Myst. of London V. lxxvi. 243/1 Instead of making you either a..buzzman, grabber, or sneak, we..makes a cracksman of you at once. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang Grabbers, the hands. 1880 Daily Tel. 27 Oct. 5/8 A tenant farmer, whom Mr. Healy denounced as a land grabber. 1889 Daily News 24 May 5/8 He was questioned about boycotting and intimidation..He had..said he would not hurt a hair of the grabber's head. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism i. iii. 37 He thinks Johnny's a profiteer, too, because of the ribbons and things... It's in the blood. We're grabbers. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) 1 Cor. v. 10 I was not, of course, referring to pagans who lead loose lives or are grabbers and swindlers or idolaters. 1961 Bible (New Eng.) 1 Cor. vi. 10 No thieves or grabbers or drunkards..will possess the kingdom of God. 2002 Prospect Aug. 1/2 America's founding fathers weren't political idealists so much as land grabbers. Draft additions July 2011 A device which enables a still image to be obtained from a film or video sequence; a device or software function which allows a portion of video or audio data to be captured in digital form. Usually with modifying word.frame grabber, screen grabber, video grabber: see the first element. ΚΠ 1970 Electronic Design 12 Apr. 69/2 What we would really like is a frame grabber. 1984 InfoWorld (Nexis) 3 Sept. 46 The Artronics PC Image Grabber system, for example, digitizes a scene taken from a video camera hooked up to a personal computer. 1998 Computers in Industry 36 ii. 155 A Pentium PC equipped additionally with an optical grabber. 2009 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Nov. For better video quality, the Canopus ADVC 55 video-grabber device..faithfully converts an analogue video into a digital file and transfers it to a computer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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