grab

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
grab/ɡrab/

▶verb (grabs, grabbing, grabbed)

• 1 seize suddenly and roughly.

  ■ informal obtain opportunistically or quickly.

• 2 [usu. with neg. or in questions] informal impress: how does that grab you?

▶noun

• 1 a quick sudden clutch or attempt to seize.

  ■ [as modifier] denoting a bar or strap to hold on to for support or in a moving vehicle.

• 2 a mechanical device for picking up and moving loads.

• 3 a frame of video or television footage that is digitized and stored as a still image in a computer memory.

– phrases
up for grabs informal available.

– derivatives
grabber noun.

– origin C16: from Mid. Low Ger. and MDu. grabben; perh. rel. to grip, gripe, and grope.