grabbing

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grabbing

  • /ˈɡɹæbɪŋ/

Rhymes with -æbɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of grab

noun grabbings

  1. The act of one who grabs; a snatching. On the way out, all five of us were subjected to an absolute gauntlet of ass-grabbings and crotch-grabbings. I suspected most of the culprits to be transvestites.

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Closest in meaning: snatching, seizing, catching, appropriating, attracting, misappropriations, plucking, clutching, grasping, gripping, yanking, capturing, nabbing, latching, wresting, confiscating

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@misc{grabbing_2026,
  title = {grabbing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grabbing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}