"graps" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɡɹæps/ [African-American-Vernacular-English] Forms: grapses [present, singular, third-person], grapsing [participle, present], grapsed [participle, past], grapsed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English grapsen, unmetathesised version of graspen (“to grasp”), from Old English *grǣpsian. Compare to it's equally unmetathesised cognates German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen, Saterland Frisian Grapse (“double handful”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|grapsen}} Middle English grapsen, {{m|enm|graspen||t=to grasp}} graspen (“to grasp”), {{inh|en|ang|*grǣpsian}} Old English *grǣpsian, {{cog|nds-de|grapsen|t=to grab; grasp}} German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), {{cog|de|grapsen}} German grapsen, {{cog|stq|Grapse|t=double handful}} Saterland Frisian Grapse (“double handful”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} graps (third-person singular simple present grapses, present participle grapsing, simple past and past participle grapsed)
  1. (cheifly African-American Vernacular and UK, dialectal) Alternative form of grasp. Wikipedia link: graps Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: grasp

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