TO GRAB

Definition: GRAB

GRAB

Adjective

1. Taken or to be taken at random; "grab samples".

Noun

1. The act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate".

Verb

1. Take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!" "Grab the elevator door!".

2. Get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale".

3. Make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand: "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask".

4. Obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power".

5. Take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room".

6. Capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: TO GRAB

On the bad days I just want to grab the phone and start dialing numbers. (Traffic; writing credit: Stephen Gaghan)

Sorry, had to grab my broom. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Either that, or he plans to grab his comb over and Mary Poppins his way down past the 80th floor. (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen)

Hey Magda,I'm going to grab a quick shower. (The Division; writing credit: Guglielmo Enea; Marcello Fois)

So, how were you able to grab his attention? (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith)

And he hopes to grab his father's loot, (A Well Respected Man; performing artist: The Kinks)

To Grab the Ring (1968)

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Figure 13. A clamshell type grab sampler - this device was meant to grab material from the upper layers of seafloor sediment for study of the embedded fauna. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Hitler trying to grab France and Italy as swastika saws through map of Europe. Credit: Library of Congress.

Uncle Sam's hand reaching to grab potential soldiers hatching from eggs. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Hold on to grab bars for support when getting in and out of the bathtub or shower. (references)

Business

The ability to lease the last mile from DTAG gives CLEC's the opportunity not only to grab market shares from DTAG, but also enlarge the total ISDN market in Germany. (references)

Travel

Switzerland

A typical scam used against businessmen is for a thief to grab an attache case in a hotel or airport while an accomplice distracts the victim. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Chinese 

�" (to arrest, to catch, to snatch), 扭 (to turn, to twist, to wring), 捉 (to capture, to clutch), 搶 (against wind, fight over, to rob, to rush, to scramble, to snatch). (various references)

French

bloquer les freins (to grab brakes). (various references)

Hungarian

megmarkol (grip, gripe, to clench, to gaff, to grab at, to grab for, to grab hold of, to grip, to seize), fog (catch, cog, dental, held, hold, oppress, press, sawed, sawn, shall, sprocket, squeeze, take, teeth, to grab at, to grab for, to hold, to saw, tooth). (various references)

Inuktitut

tiguvaa. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

掴む (to catch, to catch hold of, to grasp, to grip, to hold, to lay one's hands on, to seize). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

つかむ (to catch, to catch hold of, to grasp, to grip, to hold, to lay one's hands on, to seize). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay abgray

Spanish

agarrotarse (seize up). (various references)

�u . . . ti. (various references)

capto. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: abort, argot, boart, gator, groat, tabor.

-2 letters: boar, boat, bora, bort, bota, brag, brat, garb, goat, grab, grat, grot, rato, rota, taro, toga, tora.

-3 letters: abo, ago, arb, art, bag, bar, bat, boa, bog, bot, bra, bro, gab, gar, gat, goa, gob, gor, got, oar, oat, ora, orb, ort, rag, rat, rob, rot.

+1 letter: outbrag.

+2 letters: aborting, abrogate, bergamot, borating, outbrags, taboring, tagboard.

+3 letters: abnegator, abrogated, abrogates, bergamots, bromating, objurgate, probating, subrogate, tabouring, tagboards.

+4 letters: abnegators, abrogating, abrogation, baronetage, objurgated, objurgates, obligatory, obturating, outbargain, outbarking, outbragged, outbraving, subjugator, subrogated, subrogates, tambouring, tobogganer.

+5 letters: abrogations, approbating, baronetages, beardtongue, brominating, browbeating, burgomaster, carbonating, elaborating, forgettable, interrobang, objurgating, objurgation, objurgatory, outbargains, outbragging, outbrawling, overbeating, reobtaining, reprobating, subcategory, subjugators, subrogating, subrogation, tobogganers.