Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Grab \Grab\, n.
   1. A sudden grasp or seizure.

   2. An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of
      raising them; -- specially applied to devices for
      withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells
      that are drilled, bored, or driven.

   {Grab hag}, at fairs, a bag or box holding small articles
      which are to be drawn, without being seen, on payment of a
      small sum. [Colloq.]

   {Grab game}, a theft committed by grabbing or snatching a
      purse or other piece of property. [Colloq.]