different between grab vs krab
grab
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??æb/
- Rhymes: -æb
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch grabben (“to grab”) or Middle Low German grabben (“to snap”), from Proto-Germanic *grab-, from Proto-Indo-European *g?reb?- (compare Sanskrit ???????? (g?h???ti), ???????? (g?bh???ti, “he seizes”), Avestan ????????????????????? (gar??, “to seize”)). Cognate with Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old English ?egræppian (“to seize”), Middle English grappen (“to feel with the hands; grope”), Macedonian ?????? (grabne, “to snatch”), ??????? (grabvam, “to snatch”).
Verb
grab (third-person singular simple present grabs, present participle grabbing, simple past and past participle grabbed)
- (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- (transitive) To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- How does that idea grab you?
- (informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.
- 1987 James Grady Just a Shot Away, Bantam, page 117:
- "I'll just grab my jacket," said Manh-Hung.
- 1999 Jillian Dagg, Racing Hearts, Thomas Bouregy & Co., page 105:
- Hardly believing that Rafe actually planned to relax for a while, Kate nodded. "All right. Fine. I'll just go grab my purse."
- 2009 Mike Taylor, A Thousand Sleeps, Tate Publishing, page 216:
- He looked at Albert and Ben, and then back to Nurse Allen. "I'll just grab my gear and be right back."
- 1987 James Grady Just a Shot Away, Bantam, page 117:
- (informal) To consume something quickly.
- To take the opportunity of.
Translations
Noun
grab (countable and uncountable, plural grabs)
- (countable) A sudden snatch at something.
- 1931 Harold M. Sherman, "The Baseball Clown," Boys' Life, volume 21, No. 4 (April 1931), Boy Scouts of America, page 47:
- The ball popped in and popped out, and when he made a grab for it on the ground he kicked it with his foot.
- 2003 J Davey, Six Years of Darkness, Trafford Publishing, page 66:
- He made a grab for me and I swung my handbag at him as hard as I could.
- 1931 Harold M. Sherman, "The Baseball Clown," Boys' Life, volume 21, No. 4 (April 1931), Boy Scouts of America, page 47:
- (countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- (countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
- (countable, media) A sound bite.
- (obsolete) That which is seized.
- (uncountable) A simple card game.
Synonyms
- catch
- clutch
- grasp
- seize
- snatch
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Arabic and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
grab (plural grabs)
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.
Alternative forms
- gurab
Anagrams
- ARGB, brag, garb
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *grabr?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?rap]
Noun
grab m
- hornbeam (tree of genus Carpinus)
Declension
Further reading
- grab in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- grab in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?rap/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *grab(r)?, from Proto-Indo-European *gr?b?-
Noun
grab m inan
- hornbeam, any tree of genus Carpinus.
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) grabowy
- (nouns) grabina, grabniak
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
grab f
- genitive plural of graba
Verb
grab
- second-person singular imperative of grabi?
Further reading
- grab in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- grab in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *grab(r)?, from Proto-Indo-European *gr?b?-
Noun
grab m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- hornbeam
Declension
Thai
Romanization
grab
- Romanization of ????
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krab
English
Etymology 1
Noun
krab (plural krabs)
- (colloquial) Short for carabiner.
Etymology 2
Respelling of crab. Compare wyngz.
Noun
krab
- (colloquial) imitation crab meat; crab stick; kamaboko
Anagrams
- bark, brak, kbar
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krap/
Noun
krab m
- crab
Declension
Further reading
- krab in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- krab in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Verb
krab
- imperative of krabbe
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kr?p/
- Hyphenation: krab
- Rhymes: -?p
- Homophone: krap
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch crabbe, from Old Dutch *krabba. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
krab f or m (plural krabben, diminutive krabbetje n)
- (zoology) crab, crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura
Derived terms
- krabvisser
- zeekrab
Descendants
- Afrikaans: krap
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
krab
- first-person singular present indicative of krabben
- imperative of krabben
Anagrams
- bark, brak
Mauritian Creole
Noun
krab
- Alternative form of krap
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krap/
Noun
krab m anim (diminutive krabik)
- crab (crustacean)
Declension
Uzbek
Noun
krab (plural krablar)
- crab
West Frisian
Noun
krab c (plural krabben, diminutive krabke)
- Alternative form of krabbe
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