Grabber

Quick meaning: Grabber is a noun meaning One who, or that which, grabs or seizes.

Meaning

One who, or that which, grabs or seizes.

More Meanings

1. Something that captures one's attention.
2. A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm.

Example Sentences

The one new tune that was a real grabber had a great slow chanting chorus, "Stand up, you have a right to fight!"

Get to the story and make sure that line 6 or 7 is a grabber. TV viewers have attention spans of fifteen seconds, and then they hit the remote.

Another money grabber, according to Ms. Chapman, is the woman who makes $30,000-$40,000 or more a year, but lives as though she makes twice as much.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for grabber

Depending on context, synonyms include churl, niggard, scrooge, skinflint.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include churl, skinflint, scrooge, grabbler, gripper, grasper.

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