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# grabby

adjective (grabby, grabbier, grabbiest — informal)

«grabby» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) Grabby means wanting to grab or take things for yourself, often greedily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/#m1)
2. (informal) A grabby person touches or grabs others too much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/#m2)
3. (informal) A grabby headline or idea catches attention quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a toddler or a pet can be grabby with toys or food. Calling a person grabby is a mild criticism about greed or about not respecting other people's things or bodies. In safety lessons, if someone is grabby with you when you do not want it, you can say no and tell a trusted adult.

### Examples

- The baby is very grabby with my hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/#x1)
- Don't be grabby; wait your turn for a biscuit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/#x2)
- The seagulls got grabby when we opened the chips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/#x3)
- My little cousin is grabby with everyone's toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/#x4)
- That newspaper headline is a bit grabby. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/#x5)
- If someone is grabby and it makes you uncomfortable, tell a teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/#x6)

### Note

Informal; not for formal writing. Comparative: grabbier, grabbiest (change y to i). From the verb «grab».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «grabby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grabby/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«grabby» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/grabby.html) on Mova free.