GRAB

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

2.
v.

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. Grab hag, at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a small sum. [Colloq.] -- Grab game, a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a purse or other piece of property. [Colloq.]


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