grab: signification et définitions

To take or grasp suddenly: grabbed the letter from me.

To capture or restrain; arrest.

To obtain or appropriate unscrupulously or forcibly: grab public funds; grab power.

To take hurriedly: grabbed my coat and hat and left.

Slang To capture the attention of: a plot that grabs the reader.

To make a grasping or snatching motion: We grabbed for the life raft.

Sudden seizure of something or someone; a snatch: "The imminence of death is reflected in every last power-stroke and grab of the great money bosses” ( Dylan Thomas).

One that is grabbed.

A mechanical device for gripping an object.

up for grabs Slang Available for anyone to take or win: "The reputation of the . . . king is still up for grabs” ( William Zinsser).

A usually two-masted, square-rigged Arab coastal vessel.