- [usually singular] grab (at/for somebody/something) a sudden attempt to take or hold somebody/something
- He made a grab for her bag.
- As the car swung round the corner, she held on to the grab handle to steady herself.
- (computing) a picture taken from a television or video film, or from a computer screen, stored as an image on a computer
- a frame grab from CCTV
- I posted the screen grab on X.
- a piece of equipment that lifts and holds goods, for example the equipment that hangs from a crane
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch grabben; perhaps related to grip, gripe, and grope.
Idioms
See grab in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryup for grabs
- (informal) available for anyone who is interested
- There are £25 000 worth of prizes up for grabs in our competition!
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