grabby

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grabby

/ˈɡɹæbi/ US

Rhymes with -æbi

adjective grabbier · grabbiest

Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.
Similar: handsy
Attention-grabbing; striking, stimulating. Nearly every bookstore contains a designated Colleen Hoover table, display case or section, stuffed with vague but grabby titles, like “All Your Perfects” and “Ugly Love.” I slorped down three of them in one week.
Similar: eye-catching, flashy, glossy, attention-grabbing, conspicuous, grabby, high-profile, prominent, salient

noun grabbies

childish, plural normally Humanlike hand of some animals, mainly rodents and primates. Look at that gerbil and his little grabbies! So cute.

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@misc{grabby_2026,
  title = {grabby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grabby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}