grabber
/ˈɡɹæb.ə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm.
Example Sentences
- "Another money grabber, according to Ms. Chapman, is the woman who makes $30,000-$40,000 or more a year, but lives as though she makes twice as much."
- "The one new tune that was a real grabber had a great slow chanting chorus, "Stand up, you have a right to fight!""
- "Get to the story and make sure that line 6 or 7 is a grabber. TV viewers have attention spans of fifteen seconds, and then they hit the remote."
Etymology
Etymology tree English grab Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English grabber From grab + -er.