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[ verb ] take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of
Synonyms Examples "Catch the ball!" "Grab the elevator door!" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Jim_Gentile bounced a hard shot off Kunkel 's glove and beat it out for a single , and when Lumpe grabbed the ball and threw it over first_baseman Throneberry 's head Brandt took third and Gentile second on the error . `` Take a ride on this one '' , Brooks_Robinson greeted Hansen as the Bird third_sacker grabbed a bat , headed for the plate and bounced a third inning two run double off the left centerfield wall tonight . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)I would have stood there and died there if left to myself , but Cousin_Simmons grabbed my arm in his viselike grip and fairly plucked me out of there ; and_then I came_to some sanity and plunged away with such extraordinary speed that I outdistanced Cousin_Simmons by_far . Cousin_Simmons grabbed one of them by the shoulder and flung him away . (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)She was still laughing when I grabbed her and started rolling her on the bed . |
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[ verb ] get hold of or seize quickly and easily
Examples "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale" Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Grabbing his Winchester from its sheath , Cook prepared to fight from behind the arroyo bank . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)His hands snatched at an imaginary bucket , swooping down hard to grab it and coming_away with equal snap like a ball that 's been bounced hard . |
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[ noun ] a mechanical device for gripping an object
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[ noun ] the act of catching an object with the hands
Examples "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate" Related terms touch reception fair_catch rebound shoestring_catch mesh interception catch snatch snap_up |
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