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grabber
grab 1 G0211400 (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. Relating or being an object or device that is grabbed or gripped for support or balance: installed a grab bar in the shower.Idiom: 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- in Indo-European roots.]
grab′ba·ble adj.grab′ber n.
grab 2 G0211400 (grăb)n. A usually two-masted, sharp-prowed coastal vessel of the Indian Ocean.
[Arabic ġurāb, raven, swift galley; see ġrb in Semitic roots.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | grabber - an unpleasant person who grabs inconsideratelydisagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
grabber
goober grabberslang Someone who harvests peanuts, particularly in the Southern US. "Goober" is another name for a peanut, particularly in the Southern US. Did you really grow up as a goober-grabber on a farm in Georgia?See also: goober, grabbergoober-grabber (ˈgubɚgræbɚ) n. someone who picks peanuts. (Typically someone native to Georgia where peanuts are grown. From guber. Forced and contrived.) One of the local goober-grabbers took us to a peanut boil. EncyclopediaSeegrabgrabber
Related to grabber: Screen grabber, Video grabberWords related to grabbernoun an unpleasant person who grabs inconsideratelyRelated Words- disagreeable person
- unpleasant person
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