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Definition grab

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch grabben (“to grab”) or Middle Low German grabben (“to snap”), from Proto-Germanic *grab-, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reb?- (compare Sanskrit ???????? (g?h???ti), ???????? (g?bh???ti, “he seizes”), Avestan ?????‎ (gar??, “to seize”)). Cognate with Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old English ?egræppian (“to seize”), Middle English grappen (“to feel with the hands; grope”), Macedonian ?????? (grabne, “to snatch”), ??????? (grabvam, “to snatch”).

Verb

grab (third-person singular simple present grabs, present participle grabbing, simple past and past participle grabbed)

  1. (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
  2. (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
  3. To restrain someone; to arrest.
  4. To grip the attention; to enthrall.
  5. (informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.
  6. (informal) To consume something quickly.
  7. To take the opportunity of.
Noun

grab (countable and uncountable, plural grabs)

  1. (countable) A sudden snatch at something.
  2. (countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
  3. (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
    1. A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
  4. (countable, media) A sound bite.
  5. (obsolete) That which is seized.
  6. (uncountable) A simple card game.

Etymology 2

Arabic and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

grab (plural grabs)

  1. A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

Results 458 Words with the letters GRAB

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9 letter words with the letters GRAB 
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6 letter words with the letters GRAB 
AIRBAG 11
BADGER 12
BAGGER 13
BANGER 12
BAREGE 11
BARGED 12
BARGEE 11
BARGES 11
BARING 12
BARONG 12
BEGGAR 13
BORAGE 11
BRAGGY 15
BREGMA 14
BROGAN 12
GABBER 14
GABBRO 14
GAMBIR 14
GARBED 12
GARBLE 12
GRABBY 16
GRABEN 12
RAGBAG 13
RATBAG 11
5 letter words with the letters GRAB 
BARGE 10
BRAGS 10
GARBS 10
GRABS 10
4 letter words with the letters GRAB 
BRAG 9
GARB 9
GRAB 9
3 letter words with the letters GRAB 
ARB 6
BAG 8
BAR 6
BRA 6
GAB 8
GAR 5
RAG 5
2 letter words with the letters GRAB 
AB 5
AG 4
AR 2
BA 5

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