grabbin
Snatching something quickly
Grabbin is the present participle of grab, used in informal speech and writing where the final g is dropped: I'm grabbin lunch, want anything?
The spelling reflects casual pronunciation and appears in text messages, song lyrics, and dialogue meant to sound relaxed or vernacular.
Holding tightly onto
- grippingHolding attention completely
- snatchingSeizing quickly, abruptly
- clenchingSqueezing tightly shut
- seizingTaking forcible possession
nabbing · yanking · tugging · clawing · latching · squeezing · hooking · clasping
Declaring to be true
- reservingSetting something aside beforehand
- locking downRestricting access completely
- snaggingGetting caught on something
- scoringEarning points in competition
landing · obtaining · procuring · getting · bagging · nailing down · booking · clinching
Collection of people meeting
- accumulatingGathering in increasing quantity
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
- stockpilingAccumulating supplies in quantity
harvesting · compiling · assembling · acquiring · sourcing · scooping · rounding up · picking up
Taking something swiftly
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- filchingStealing small items
- liftingRaising something heavy
- pocketingTaking and keeping covertly
stealing · pinching · nicking · taking · snapping up · scarfing · wolfing · inhaling
Taking into custody
- apprehendingSeizing or understanding something
- arrestingStrikingly attention-grabbing
- detainingHolding in custody
- confiscatingLegally seizing property
commandeering · snagging · collaring · busting · pinching · intercepting · impounding · restraining
clutching
Holding tightly onto
- grippingHolding attention completely
- snatchingSeizing quickly, abruptly
- clenchingSqueezing tightly shut
seizing · nabbing · yanking · tugging · clawing · latching · squeezing · hooking · clasping · palming
claiming
Declaring to be true
- reservingSetting something aside beforehand
- locking downRestricting access completely
- snaggingGetting caught on something
scoring · landing · obtaining · procuring · getting · bagging · nailing down · booking · clinching · winning
gathering
Collection of people meeting
- accumulatingGathering in increasing quantity
- amassingCollecting in quantity
- hoardingExcessive accumulation of goods
stockpiling · harvesting · compiling · assembling · acquiring · sourcing · scooping · rounding up · picking up · corralling
swiping
Taking something swiftly
pocketing · stealing · pinching · nicking · taking · snapping up · scarfing · wolfing · inhaling · devouring
capturing
Taking into custody
- apprehendingSeizing or understanding something
- arrestingStrikingly attention-grabbing
- detainingHolding in custody
confiscating · commandeering · snagging · collaring · busting · pinching · intercepting · impounding · restraining · subduing
grabbinreleasing
Allowing to escape
letting go · dropping · relinquishing · freeing · loosening
grabbingiving
Transferring to another
handing over · offering · donating · bestowing · surrendering
- grabbed a bite
- attention grabberThing that draws notice
- grabbing some ZsSlumbering briefly
- grabbing hold
- grabbed atReached suddenly to seize
- grabbed hold