[grab] 
verb, grabbed, grab⋅bing, noun | 1. | to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar. |
| 2. | to take illegal possession of; seize forcibly or unscrupulously: to grab land. |
| 3. | to obtain and consume quickly: Let's grab a sandwich before going to the movie. |
| 4. | Slang.
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| 5. | to make a grasping or clutching motion (usually fol. by at): He grabbed frantically at the life preserver. |
| 6. | (of brakes, a clutch, etc.) to take hold suddenly or with a jolting motion; bind. |
| 7. | a sudden, quick grasp or snatch: to make a grab at something. |
| 8. | seizure or acquisition by violent or unscrupulous means. |
| 9. | something that is grabbed. |
| 10. | a mechanical device for gripping objects. |
| 11. | the capacity to hold or adhere: The glue was so old it had lost its grab. |
| 12. | up for grabs, Informal. available to anyone willing to expend the energy to get it: The Republican nomination for mayor was up for grabs. |
[grab] | an Oriental ship having two or three masts with a square rig. |
| grab 1 (grāb) v. grabbed, grab·bing, grabs v. tr.
To make a grasping or snatching motion: We grabbed for the life raft. n.
[Obsolete Dutch or Low German grabben, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; see ghrebh-1 in Indo-European roots.] grab'ba·ble adj., grab'ber n. |
| grab 2 (grāb) n. A usually two-masted, square-rigged Arab coastal vessel. [Arabic ġurāb, raven, swift galley; see ġrb in Semitic roots.] |
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In addition to the idiom beginning with grab, also see how does that grab you; up for grabs.
