Main entry: grab, catch, snatch, snap
Definition: the act of catching an object with the hands
Usage: 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
Main entry: grab
Definition: a mechanical device for gripping an object
Definition: capture the attention or imagination of
Usage: This story will grab you; The movie seized my imagination
Main entry: grab
Definition: take or grasp suddenly
Usage: She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room
Main entry: catch, take hold of, grab
Definition: take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
Usage: Catch the ball!; Grab the elevator door!
Main entry: grab
Definition: make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand
Usage: The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask
Main entry: snaffle, snap up, grab
Definition: get hold of or seize quickly and easily
Usage: I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale
Main entry: grab
Definition: obtain illegally or unscrupulously
Usage: Grab power