"grabber" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɹæb.ə(ɹ)/ Forms: grabbers [plural]
Rhymes: -æbə(ɹ) Etymology: From grab + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grab|er|id2=agent noun}} grab + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} grabber (plural grabbers)
  1. One who, or that which, grabs or seizes.
    Sense id: en-grabber-en-noun-II8cGLOc
  2. Something that captures one's attention.
    Sense id: en-grabber-en-noun-0fCVP-uB
  3. A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm.
    Sense id: en-grabber-en-noun-EpH2rwbw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 2 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 21 5 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 4 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 3 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: code grabber, cookie grabber, frame grabber, gun grabber, headline-grabber, video grabber

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "code grabber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cookie grabber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "frame grabber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gun grabber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "headline-grabber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "video grabber"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From grab + -er.",
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "grabber (plural grabbers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1985, Ebony, volume 40, number 12, page 130:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who, or that which, grabs or seizes."
      ],
      "id": "en-grabber-en-noun-II8cGLOc",
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982 August 14, Mary Ann Peacott, Liz Nania, “BT's In Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 12:",
          "text": "The one new tune that was a real grabber had a great slow chanting chorus, \"Stand up, you have a right to fight!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Lydia Wilen, Joan Wilen, How to Sell Your Screenplay, page 166:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that captures one's attention."
      ],
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    },
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          "_dis": "27 2 70",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        "A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm."
      ],
      "id": "en-grabber-en-noun-EpH2rwbw",
      "links": [
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "amusement arcade",
          "amusement arcade"
        ],
        [
          "prize",
          "prize"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæb.ə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æbə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grabber"
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/æbə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/æbə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "code grabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "cookie grabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "frame grabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "gun grabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "headline-grabber"
    },
    {
      "word": "video grabber"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From grab + -er.",
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      "form": "grabbers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1985, Ebony, volume 40, number 12, page 130:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who, or that which, grabs or seizes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1982 August 14, Mary Ann Peacott, Liz Nania, “BT's In Boston”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 12:",
          "text": "The one new tune that was a real grabber had a great slow chanting chorus, \"Stand up, you have a right to fight!\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Lydia Wilen, Joan Wilen, How to Sell Your Screenplay, page 166:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something that captures one's attention."
      ]
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    {
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        "A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "amusement arcade",
          "amusement arcade"
        ],
        [
          "prize",
          "prize"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɹæb.ə(ɹ)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æbə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grabber"
}

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