noun a sudden grasp or seizure.
2. grab ·noun a vessel used on the malabar coast, having two or three masts.
3. grab ·vt & ·vi to gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
4. grab ·noun an instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them;
specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, ·etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.