Main Entry: ¹grab

Pronunciation: \ˈgrab\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): grabbed; grab·bing

Etymology: obsolete Dutch or Low German grabben

Date: circa 1581

transitive verb 1 : to take or seize by or as if by a sudden motion or grasp <grab up an ax> <grabbed the opportunity> <grab attention>
2 : to obtain unscrupulously <grab public lands>
3 : to take hastily <grab a bite to eat> <grab a cab>
4 a : to seize the attention of <the technique of grabbing an audience — Pauline Kael> b : to impress favorably and deeplyintransitive verb : to make a grab

synonyms see take

— grab·ber noun