grabbling

verb

present participle of grabble
as in grabbing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grabbling
  1. grabbing
  2. snatching
  3. seizing
  4. capturing
  5. clutching
Verb
  • Two men bought tickets to enter Vienna's Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) before smashing a display case, grabbing a 200-carat platinum and diamond necklace and walking away, police said Friday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • In the commercial, Good Good co-founder Garrett Clark rushes over to his golf bag and pushes over golfer Alexis Miestowski to keep her from grabbing the Quantum Driver.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of grabbing
Verb
  • Wealthy Americans living in luxe California mansions and New York penthouses are now snatching up historic homes abroad.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Lately Becker has been snatching up vintage Lalique pieces that, in this setting, have the frosty haze of sea glass.
    — Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of snatching
Verb
  • At the same time, seizing damaged assets could bring another financial burden.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Hull were, unsurprisingly, the opposite, playing with urgency on the ball and seizing the opportunity to hurt United at set pieces.
    — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of seizing
Verb
  • Researchers trained the system on flat-ground walking data from Medauroidea extradentata, capturing movements across 18 leg joints.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Anedda’s way of capturing different moments from different linguistic or interpretive points of view allows the everyday elements of our lives to find space in poetry, democratically.
    — Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of capturing
Verb
  • Garcia lends the whole song theater-kid interpretation, essentially acting out the lyrics in pantomime, grasping out in front of her, clutching her face.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Austin appeared to be clutching at his right knee while on the ground, clearly in a lot of pain.
    — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of clutching
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“Grabbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grabbling. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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