grabby

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English

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Etymology

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From grab +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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grabby (comparative grabbier, superlative grabbiest)

  1. Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.
    Synonym: handsy
  2. Attention-grabbing; striking, stimulating.
    • 2023 July 6, Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Nearly every bookstore contains a designated Colleen Hoover table, display case or section, stuffed with vague but grabby titles, like “All Your Perfects” and “Ugly Love.” I slorped down three of them in one week.
    • 2024 May 23, Chris Almeida, “They’re Ignoring MrBeast’s Rules of YouTube, and Thriving”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      By “this” he meant that the platform was filled with videos that have sensationalized titles, heavily edited content and grabby thumbnails, often featuring a person’s emotive face.

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Noun

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grabby (plural grabbies)

  1. (childish, usually in the plural) Humanlike hand of some animals, mainly rodents and primates.
    This is a quokka watching some juggling. The little grabbies, I can't.