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say it: grab
grab is a verb and noun meaning "take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of". It is pronounced /ˈɡɹæb/ — grab. It carries 8 recorded senses.
make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
“The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask”
a mechanical device for gripping an object
the act of catching an object with the hands
“Mays made the catch with his back to the plate”
“he made a grab for the ball before it landed”
“Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away”
“the infielder's snap and throw was a single motion”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for grab come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.