grabby

grab·by (gr

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adj. grab·bi·er, grab·bi·est Informal

1. Acquisitive or greedy.

2. Attracting attention; striking: "Many critics charge, however, that these new resources are being used ... to attract viewers, using grabby images and exotic locales" (Alan Bunce).

grabbi·ness n.

grabby [ˈgrabɪ]

adj -bier, -biest

1. greedy or selfish

2. direct, stimulating, or attention-grabbing grabbier opening paragraphs

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Adj.

grabby - immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"

avaricious, grasping, greedy, covetous, prehensile

acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas; "an acquisitive mind"; "an acquisitive society in which the craving for material things seems never satisfied"

Translations

grabby

adj (inf: = wanting possessions) → raffgierig, raffsüchtig; (= wanting more) → gierig

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avaricious
covetous
grasping
greedy
money-grubbing
prehensile

but if you like seeing sewing needles and hummingbirds and grabby hands coming right out of the screen, it may be worth the trip and the price.

A NIGHTMARE AFTER CHRISTMAS by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)

I imagine that on the ceiling of these warehouses are vast Scalextric-type tracks, onto which a grabby arm is attached.

Go on, amaze me and explain just how does Amazon work? by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)

The real test, or at least the next step in the learning curve towards the next World Cup on the subcontinent, will be how the same players cope with this coming winter's matches on the slow, grabby pitches in India.

Bell and Prior set up series victory but greater tests await by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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