Dictionary entry

Grab (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Grab (grăb), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Grabbed (grăbd); p. pr. & vb. n.Grabbing.] [Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp. Cf. Grabble, Grapple, Grasp.] To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.