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I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.
Aaron Carter

Meaning of "grabbing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRABBING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRABBING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grabbing is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb grabbing in English.

WHAT DOES GRABBING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Grab

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CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GRABBING

PRESENT

Present
I grab
you grab
he/she/it grabs
we grab
you grab
they grab
Present continuous
I am grabbing
you are grabbing
he/she/it is grabbing
we are grabbing
you are grabbing
they are grabbing
Present perfect
I have grabbed
you have grabbed
he/she/it has grabbed
we have grabbed
you have grabbed
they have grabbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been grabbing
you have been grabbing
he/she/it has been grabbing
we have been grabbing
you have been grabbing
they have been grabbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I grabbed
you grabbed
he/she/it grabbed
we grabbed
you grabbed
they grabbed
Past continuous
I was grabbing
you were grabbing
he/she/it was grabbing
we were grabbing
you were grabbing
they were grabbing
Past perfect
I had grabbed
you had grabbed
he/she/it had grabbed
we had grabbed
you had grabbed
they had grabbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been grabbing
you had been grabbing
he/she/it had been grabbing
we had been grabbing
you had been grabbing
they had been grabbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will grab
you will grab
he/she/it will grab
we will grab
you will grab
they will grab
Future continuous
I will be grabbing
you will be grabbing
he/she/it will be grabbing
we will be grabbing
you will be grabbing
they will be grabbing
Future perfect
I will have grabbed
you will have grabbed
he/she/it will have grabbed
we will have grabbed
you will have grabbed
they will have grabbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been grabbing
you will have been grabbing
he/she/it will have been grabbing
we will have been grabbing
you will have been grabbing
they will have been grabbing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would grabbing
you would grabbing
he/she/it would grabbing
we would grabbing
you would grabbing
they would grabbing
Conditional continuous
I would be grabbing
you would be grabbing
he/she/it would be grabbing
we would be grabbing
you would be grabbing
they would be grabbing
Conditional perfect
I would have grabbing
you would have grabbing
he/she/it would have grabbing
we would have grabbing
you would have grabbing
they would have grabbing
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been grabbing
you would have been grabbing
he/she/it would have been grabbing
we would have been grabbing
you would have been grabbing
they would have been grabbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you grab
we let´s grab
you grab
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to grab
Past participle
grabbed
Present Participle
grabbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRABBING

graal
grab
grab bag
grabbable
grabbed
grabber
grabbier
grabbiest
grabble
grabbler
grabby
graben
Gracchi
Gracchus
grace
grace cup
grace note
grace period
grace-and-favour
graceful

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRABBING

attention-grabbing
back-stabbing
bing
blabbing
bobbing
clubbing
cribbing
dubbing
mobbing
nabbing
nightclubbing
ribbing
robbing
rubbing
scrubbing
sobbing
stabbing
stubbing
subbing
throbbing
webbing

Synonyms and antonyms of grabbing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRABBING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grabbing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of grabbing
bag · capture · catch · clutch · grasp · grip · lunge · pluck · seize · snap up · snatch

Translation of «grabbing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRABBING

Find out the translation of grabbing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grabbing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grabbing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acaparamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

grabbing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हथियाने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاستيلاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хватая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agarrando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grabbiest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saisissant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terkejut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grabbing
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

グラブ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잡아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grabbiest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

grabbing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grabbiest
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झडप घालणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grabbiest
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

afferrando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chwytając
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хапаючи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hapsân
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρπάζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gryp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gripa tag i
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gripe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grabbing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRABBING»

The term «grabbing» is very widely used and occupies the 18.710 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRABBING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grabbing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grabbing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grabbing

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10 QUOTES WITH «GRABBING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grabbing.
1
Arundhati Bhattacharya
India does not have a problem of people grabbing share from a fixed pie. India is one of the few nations where the pie is getting bigger.
2
Aaron Carter
I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.
3
Ronnie Dunn
What a fine line there is between artistry and insanity. There's no formula for it, and I think a lot of people when they're around you - even those closest to you - when you're in that whirl of creativity and you're grabbing those things out of the air, there's no rational process.
4
Milos Forman
Well, listen, you know, the Czech saying is, you know, when you are drowning you are grabbing even a little twig. That's what all Czechs were doing, grabbing for... with the hope for this little twig.
5
Michael Franti
Rap has so many possibilities that need to be explored. There are different factions of rap, but some are in a rut. Rap doesn't have to be about boosting egos and grabbing your crotch and dissing women. There's a way to make political and social issues interesting and entertaining to the young rap audience.
6
Jorge Garcia
There's certainly pressure to find your audience early. You need to paint the picture, but it's tough trying to find the balance between a show that people can tune in on any given week while still grabbing the people who are there every week.
7
Shanola Hampton
There's something so grabbing about people who will do anything for one another.
8
Edward Herrmann
Actors are always grabbing each other on stage, looking in each other's eyes, making a moment so private, the audience doesn't know what they're doing.
9
Simon Hoggart
The Tory party is like a rugby union match in which all 30 players are wearing the same strip. They're not sure who they are grabbing round the knees, but they're having a lot of fun doing it.
10
Chris Klein
Well, there's nothing better than putting your feet up on a Sunday afternoon and grabbing a good book.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRABBING»

Discover the use of grabbing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grabbing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Grabbing Lightning: Building a Capability for Breakthrough ...
Every company committed to improving its innovation performance would do well to study this book carefully." —Henry Chesbrough, author, Open Innovation and Open Business Models; adjunct professor, University of California Berkeley's Haas ...
G. C. O'Connor, 2008
2
The Grabbing Hand: Government Pathologies and Their Cures
The authors of this collection of essays describe many of these pathologies of a grabbing hand government, and examine their consequences for growth.
Andrei Shleifer, Robert W. Vishny, 2002
3
Grabbing at Water: A Mother--Daughter Memoir
Honest, heartfelt, and witty, the stories in this unique memoir illuminate and celebrate perhaps the most defining relationship we will ever know -- one that, even at its most difficult, is deeply rewarding and utterly irreplaceable.
Joan Lambur, Madeleine Lambur, 2008
4
How to Write Attention-Grabbing Query & Cover Letters
He's also packed the book with illustrative samples. You'll see many that are pure dynamite - and one real bomb. &break;&break;Read this book and immediately begin to write energetic, masterly, persuasive letters.
John Wood, 2000
5
Grabbing Power: The New Struggles for Land, Food and ...
Grabbing Power explores the history of agribusiness and land conflicts in Northern Honduras focusing on the Aguán Valley, where peasant movements battle large palm oil producers for the right to land.
Tanya M. Kerssen, 2013
6
Grabbing Your Destiny by the Horns: Finding Your Place in Life
This book unveils to you your uniqueness and tremendous strengths and abilities as an individual. It also exposes to you the blueprints you require to start living out your dream and purposeful life.
William Gabienu, 2012
7
Grabbing: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Use in Literature GossipingAll seemed wilful, blind, or governed by the fear of the gossiping world.ndash;Louisa May Alcott in Work: A Story of Experience.It was a happy time, sitting in the sunshine, with leaves pleasantly astir all about ...
‎2008
8
No-nonsense Resumes: The Essential Guide to Creating ...
A no-nonsense guide to creating an effective resume covers such topics as preparing a professional resume presentation, using attention-grabbing keywords and using electronic resume-submission tools.
Wendy S. Enelow, Arnold G. Boldt, 2006
9
Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa
Examines the effects of large-scale biofuel production, seen as having a positive impact on African national economies and greenhouse gases. Finds negative implications as well, especially in developmental and environmental areas.
Prosper B. Matondi, Kjell Havnevik, Atakilte Beyene, 2011
10
Grabbing Your Audience's Attention Immediately: If You ...
This Element is an ecerpt from Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story (ISBN: 9780137144174) by Jerry Weissman.
Jerry Weissman, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRABBING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grabbing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Barmen stop wearing kilts because 'women kept grabbing their …
Barmen in a popular Scottish-themed venue have had to abandon their kilts due to women lifting them up and even grabbing their penises. «Metro, Jul 15»
2
Land grabbing case: AAP MLA sent to one-day judicial custody
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday sent AAP MLA Manoj Kumar,arrested in a case of alleged cheating and land- grabbing, to judicial custody ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
3
Turag grabbing continues as re-demarcation yet to start
The Dhaka Tribune correspondent during a recent visit saw a range of establishments erected by grabbing lands on both sides of the river in ... «DhakaTribune, Jul 15»
4
Drewry: 'Grabbing cargo at any price will lead to carriers destroying …
The average load factor of containerships across global trades is falling in the face of an oversupply of tonnage and weak demand, making ... «The Loadstar, Jul 15»
5
NYPD: Teens On Bikes Are Grabbing Brooklyn Women's Butts
A group of teens riding bicycles is accused of four separate forcible touching incidents in Brooklyn this past Friday. According to police, in each ... «Gothamist, Jul 15»
6
'Bistek' continues to mislead public on land-grabbing
THE QUEZON City government under Mayor Herbert Bautista continues to mislead the public in its attempt to justify the illegal grabbing of a ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
7
Forest Products Threatened by Land Grabbing and Logging
Forest Products Threatened by Land Grabbing and Logging ... villagers who were grabbing land everywhere or the weather and illegal loggers. «Khmer Times, Jul 15»
8
Land-grabbing case: Arrested AAP MLA's aide held
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police today arrested Lakhpat Singh, the co-accused in the cheating and land-grabbing case in which AAP MLA from Kondli ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
9
Deterring Sea Grabbing: Indonesia to Build South China Sea …
Indonesia has announced a plan to build a new military base in the South China Sea, according to the newspaper Jakarta Post. Philippine ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
10
7 Tips From Author Ben Parr's "Captivology" On Grabbing Digital …
By Daphne Seah. So you have written a groundbreaking story complete with the best headline, photo, video, SEO keywords. «Forbes, Jul 15»

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