noun
grabber
GRAB-uh
noun
1
A person or device that grabs or seizes something.
"He used a long-handled grabber to pull the fallen leaflet from the gutter."
2
Something that strongly captures attention.
"The headline was a real attention grabber."
Word Forms
grabbers plural
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Etymology
Formed from "grab" plus the agent suffix "-er".