grab

grab has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• n.. A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
• v. t. & i.. To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
• n.. A sudden grasp or seizure.
• n.. 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.
• n.. the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"
• n.. a mechanical device for gripping an object
• v.. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
• v.. take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"
• v.. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"
• v.. make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
• v.. get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
• v.. obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"