different between grabber vs gabber

English

Etymology

grab +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???æb.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æb?(?)

Noun

grabber (plural grabbers)

1. One who, or that which, grabs (seizes).
   • 1985, Ebony (volume 40, number 12, page 130)

     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.

2. (television, film) A line of dialogue, etc. that captures the viewer's attention.
   • 2001, Lydia Wilen, Joan Wilen, How to Sell Your Screenplay (page 166)

     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.

3. A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm.

Derived terms

• code grabber
• frame grabber
• video grabber

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æb.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -æb?(?)

Etymology 1

gab +? -er

Noun

gabber (plural gabbers)

1. (obsolete) A liar; a deceiver.
2. One who is addicted to idle talk.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch gabber.

Alternative forms

• gabba

Noun

gabber (countable and uncountable, plural gabbers)

1. (uncountable, music) A subgenre of hardcore techno characterised by an intense, distorted kick sound and controversial lyrics or samples.
2. (countable) A gabber music lover, usually dressed in a tracksuit, often with a complete shaved head or partially for women, seen primarily in the 1990s.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ????? (khaver, “friend”), from Hebrew ?????? (khavér, “friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.b?r/
• Hyphenation: gab?ber
• Rhymes: -?b?r

Noun

gabber m (plural gabbers, diminutive gabbertje n)

1. a guy
2. a friend; a pal
3. (music) gabber (hardcore subgenre)
4. A fan of gabber music, a gabber

Derived terms

• gabberen

Descendants

• ? English: gabber