grabbing

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verb latch on to

adjective. eager to obtain knowledge or things

noun. capture, taking

noun. seizing something

noun. seizing something

1777, "thing grabbed;" 1824, "act of grabbing," from grab (v.). Up for grabs attested from 1945 in jive talk.

"I don't think you'll go alone," asserted Jack Bates, grabbing his hat.

What for are you grabbing my arm and waving your fist at the window, Hotlips?

Grabbing his hat from the ground, he ran like mad toward the hills.

He came up, grabbing with both hands, and I put the stick into his hands.

He stood up, grabbing for his bag, and spinning the drummer aside.

In the thin air, his lunge was silent, and he was grabbing her before she knew he was up.

He clipped the crook on the inside of the elbow, while grabbing the wrist with his other hand.

Yet, let us not forget that this is the age of the gadding mind and the grabbing hand.

"You pestiferous gnats insisted on grabbing the ball," he sneered.

Jake, grabbing the windlass, soon had the panorama slowly ascending.