grabbier; grabbiest
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You need to learn to share and not be so grabby.
very young children tend to be grabby and often refuse to share
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On Ferraris, the carbon ceramics are annoyingly grabby, providing huge brake force with the slightest pressure on the pedal.
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Dan Carney, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
Rubber gloves, while moisture-proof and generally better fitted to the hand, are too grabby.
—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Lib’s proprietary Magne-Traction—serrated bumps along the sidecut—help the Orca Split lock in on sketchy traverses or unexpected, mid-line hardpack, although some purists who prefer smooth sidecuts do find the bumps grabby.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
But since people are more likely to see grabby social media ads, the risks are frequently left out.
—Hannah Jackson, ELLE, 8 Dec. 2022
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Dan Carney, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
Rubber gloves, while moisture-proof and generally better fitted to the hand, are too grabby.
—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Lib’s proprietary Magne-Traction—serrated bumps along the sidecut—help the Orca Split lock in on sketchy traverses or unexpected, mid-line hardpack, although some purists who prefer smooth sidecuts do find the bumps grabby.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
But since people are more likely to see grabby social media ads, the risks are frequently left out.
—Hannah Jackson, ELLE, 8 Dec. 2022
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“Grabby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grabby. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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