grabber

[ grab-er ]

/ ˈgræb ər /

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noun

a person or thing that grabs.

Slang. something attention-getting or sensational.

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Origin of grabber

First recorded in 1840–50; grab¹ + -er¹

Words nearby grabber

GR8, Graafian follicle, grab, grab bag, grab bar, grabber, grabble, grabby, graben, grab rope, Gracchi

How to use grabber in a sentence

Bendy silicone could make a grabber for robot hands that opens and closes.
‘Smart’ pasta morphs into fun shapes as it cooks|Emily Conover|June 11, 2021|Science News For Students
This reversible bending process could be harnessed for other purposes, such as a grabber for robot hands, Yao says.
Morphing noodles start flat but bend into curly pasta shapes as they’re cooked|Emily Conover|May 11, 2021|Science News
They described their new grabber January 25 in Nature Electronics.
A robot made with a Venus flytrap can grab fragile objects|Emily Conover|February 15, 2021|Science News For Students
Typical robot grabbers are stiff and clunky, so they could damage fragile objects.
A robot made with a Venus flytrap can grab fragile objects|Emily Conover|February 15, 2021|Science News For Students

A new robotic grabber is ripped straight from the plant world.
A robot arm toting a Venus flytrap can grab delicate objects|Emily Conover|January 25, 2021|Science News
In the art world, sex can be the ultimate attention-grabber, one of the best forms of shock and awe.
Sex-Crazed Narcissist Pretends He's an Artist|Justin Jones|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But the unexpectedly wonderful Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a hilariously funny audience-grabber.
Who’ll Win a 2013 Tony Award—and Who Deserves To|Janice Kaplan|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Is it wrong to look forward to the next media-hungry headline grabber to divert attention from this wannabe pageant mom?
Pageant Moms Aren't All Crazy|Heather Ryan|May 18, 2011|DAILY BEAST
For Scott, the ascent, the 7.5 million-pound thrust, remains an attention grabber.
Twins in Space!|Sandra McElwaine|October 3, 2010|DAILY BEAST
This early work is raw, quick-moving, and an attention-grabber from start to finish.
Charlaine Harris's Book Picks|Charlaine Harris|May 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST
If a man had not taken land himself, he might have worked for some one who had, or bought cattle from a land-grabber.
The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886|Various
Did you ever see such a beau grabber in your life as that countrified Page Allison?
At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed
He, Wickson, a sordid money-grabber, has the power to determine whether I shall or shall not teach in the university of the state.
The Iron Heel|Jack London
The English working-man is no Englishman nowadays; no calculating money-grabber like his wealthy neighbour.
The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844|Frederick Engels
Your plant is a land-grabber of Rob Roy proclivities; it believes in a fair fight and no favour.
Science in Arcady|Grant Allen

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