grabby

English

Etymology

From grab +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæbi/
• Rhymes: -æbi

Adjective

grabby (comparative grabbier, superlative grabbiest)

1. Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.

   Synonym: handsy

2. Attention-grabbing; striking, stimulating.
   • 2023 July 6, Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2024 May 23, Chris Almeida, “They’re Ignoring MrBeast’s Rules of YouTube, and Thriving”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     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.

Derived terms

• grabbily
• grabbiness

Noun

grabby (plural grabbies)

1. (childish, usually in the plural) Humanlike hand of some animals, mainly rodents and primates.

   This is a quokka watching some juggling. The little grabbies, I can't.