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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grab \Grab\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Grabbed}; p. pr & vb n. {Grabbing}.] [Akin to Sw grabba to grasp. Cf {Grabble}, {Grapple}, {Grasp}.] To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grab \Grab\, n. 1. A sudden grasp or seizure. 2. An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven. {Grab hag}, at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a small sum. [Colloq.] {Grab game}, a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a purse or other piece of property. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Grab \Grab\, n. [Ar. & Hind. ghur?b crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.] (Naut.) A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: grab adj : taken or to be taken at random; "grab samples" [syn: {grab(a)}] n : the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate" [syn: {catch}, {snatch}, {snap}] v 1: take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of "Catch the ball!" "Grab the elevator door!" [syn: {catch}, {take hold of}] 2: get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale" [syn: {snap up}, {snaffle}] 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 of "This story will grab you" [syn: {seize}]
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