Thesaurus: grab

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1. n. A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
2. v. t. & i. To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
3. n. A sudden grasp or seizure.
4. 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.
5. n. a mechanical device for gripping an object
6. n. the act of catching an object with the hands
7. v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
8. v. get hold of or seize quickly and easily
9. v. make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
10. v. obtain illegally or unscrupulously
11. v. take or grasp suddenly
12. v. capture the attention or imagination of