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grab

n. a mechanical device for gripping an object

grab, seize

v. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

catch, grab, take hold of

v. take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of; "Catch the ball!"; "Grab the elevator door!"

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grab

adj. taken or to be taken at random: "grab samples"

discovery, find, uncovering

n. the act of discovering something

acquisition

n. the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another"

tug, jerk

n. a sudden abrupt pull

snap

n. a sudden breaking

tweak

v. pinch or squeeze sharply

pluck, plunk, pick

v. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

wrench, twist violently

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

uproot, deracinate

v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

twist, twine, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

yank, jerk

v. pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

wring, wrench

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

choke, scrag

v. wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent"

pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy

v. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

strangle

v. die from strangulation

reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain

v. reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"

grasp, hold on

v. hold firmly

pass, overtake, overhaul

v. travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"

tweet, twirp

v. make a weak, chirping sound; "the small bird was tweeting in the tree"

fracture

v. break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

force, do forcibly, exert force on

v. do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!"

jerking, jerky, arrhythmic, unsteady

adj. not having a steady rhythm; "an arrhythmic heartbeat"

asymmetrical, crooked

adj. irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a dress with a crooked hemline"

casual, occasional

adj. occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"

improper, unconventional, unlawful

adj. not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; "an unconventional marriage"; "improper banking practices"

randomized, randomised

adj. set up or distributed in a deliberately random way

straggly

adj. growing or spreading sparsely or irregularly; "straggly ivy"

strong

adj. of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`sing' is a strong verb"

substandard

adj. falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"

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