grabs

grabs · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Third person singular present tense of "grab"; takes hold of something suddenly and firmly.

  2. 2.

    (informal) Quickly gets or obtains something.

Related words

Antonyms: drops, releases
See also: grab, grabbed, grabbing
Synonyms: clutches, grasps, seizes, snatches

Etymology

Third person singular of "grab," from Middle Dutch grabben ("to seize, grasp").