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Meaning of Grabber | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡɹæb.ə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, grabs or seizes.
  2. Something that captures one's attention.
  3. A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm.

Equivalents

العربية المنتزع
Ελληνικά αρπάχτρα
Suomi tarrain
Українська хапуга

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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