grabby
nounEtymology From grab + -y.
1
Childish, Plural normally Humanlike hand of some animals, mainly rodents and primates.
- Look at that gerbil and his little grabbies! So cute.
grabby
adjUS /ˈɡɹæbi/
Etymology From grab + -y.
1
Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.
2
Attention-grabbing; striking, stimulating.
- Nearly every bookstore contains a designated Colleen Hoover table, display case or section, stuffed with vague but grabby titles, like “All Your Perfects” and “Ugly Love.” I slorped down three of them in one week.2023 July 6, Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, in The New York Times:
- By “this” he meant that the platform was filled with videos that have sensationalized titles, heavily edited content and grabby thumbnails, often featuring a person’s emotive face.2024 May 23, Chris Almeida, “They’re Ignoring MrBeast’s Rules of YouTube, and Thriving”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- grabbily, grabbiness, grabby arm
- Related terms
- cash-grabby