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grab

1  [grab] verb, grabbed, grab⋅bing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
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.
a. to cause a reaction in; affect: How does my idea grab you?
b. to arouse the interest or excitement of: The book was O.K., but it just didn't grab me.
–verb (used without object)
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.
–noun
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.
—Idiom
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.
Origin:
1580–90; c. MD, MLG grabben, Sw grabba

Related forms:
grab⋅ba⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. grasp, grip, catch.
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grab

2  [grab]
–noun
an Oriental ship having two or three masts with a square rig.
Origin:
1670–80; < Ar ghurāb lit., raven
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grab 1   (grāb)   
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. Sudden seizure of something or someone; a snatch: "The imminence of death is reflected in every last power-stroke and grab of the great money bosses" (Dylan Thomas).
  2. One that is grabbed.
  3. A mechanical device for gripping an object.

[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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