different between grabber vs grubber

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

Etymology

grub +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?b?(r)

Noun

grubber (plural grubbers)

1. One who grubs.
2. A machine or tool of the nature of a grub axe, grub hook, etc.
3. (rugby) An attacking short-distance kick in behind the defence in which the ball is bounced along the ground, using the uneven bounce of the ball to make it difficult for the defence to retrieve.

   Synonym: grubber kick
4. (cricket) A ball that bounces unusually low such that it is difficult for the batsman to hit properly.
5. (Britain, slang, dated) A sweetshop.
   • 1925, The Oxford Outlook (issues 34-43, page 158)

     He could, moreover, no longer be tempted to the Grubber, for all chocolate and sweets were taboo.

Derived terms

• bone-grubber

Translations

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 314