Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Grab \Grab\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Grabbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Grabbing}.] [Akin to Sw. grabba to grasp. Cf. {Grabble},
   {Grapple}, {Grasp}.]
   To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

Source : WordNet®

grabbing
     See {grab}

grab
     v 1: take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion
          of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!" [syn: {catch},
           {take hold of}]
     2: get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all
        the good buys during the garage sale" [syn: {snap up}, {snaffle}]
     3: make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The
        passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"
     4: obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"
     5: take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and
        ran out of the room"
     6: capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will
        grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" [syn: {seize}]
     [also: {grabbing}, {grabbed}]

grab
     n 1: a mechanical device for gripping an object
     2: the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the
        catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the
        ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle
        failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap
        and throw was a single motion" [syn: {catch}, {snatch}, {snap}]
     [also: {grabbing}, {grabbed}]