Grabber

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

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.”

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