grabbed

grabbed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of "grab"; took hold of something suddenly and firmly.

  2. 2.

    (informal) Quickly got or obtained something.

Related words

Antonyms: dropped, released
See also: grab, grabbing, seized
Synonyms: clutched, grasped, seized, snatched

Etymology

Past tense of "grab," from Middle Dutch grabben ("to seize, grasp").