grab
grab
- n a mechanical device for gripping an object
- n the act of catching an object with the hands
he made a grab for the ball before it landed - v take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
- v get hold of or seize quickly and easily
- v make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask - v obtain illegally or unscrupulously
- v take or grasp suddenly
She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room - v capture the attention or imagination of
This story will grab you
- The 76th Congress last week again resembled a desultory grab bag from which some members were trying to extract prizes, personal or political, while other members strove for .
- You're the college counselor at a public school in a hothouse ZIP code, and you wish you could grab the students, grab the parents by the shoulders and shake them.
- The national frenzy to grab neighbors' territory was started by Adolf Hitler's Sudeten grab.