Grab /(grăb)/

Grab

n.
  1. A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts. (Naut.)

Grab

v. t. & i.

imp. & p. p. Grabbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Grabbing

  1. To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

Grab

n.
  1. A sudden grasp or seizure.
  2. An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.

Phrases & Compounds
Grab bag
at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a small sum.
Grab game
a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a purse or other piece of property.