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Definition of Grabby
1. Adjective. Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth. "Prehensile employers stingy with raises for their employees"
Similar to: Acquisitive
Derivative terms: Avarice, Avarice, Avariciousness, Covetousness, Grasping, Greed, Greed, Greediness
Definition of Grabby
1. Adjective. tending to grab especially rudely or needily ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grabby
1. tending to grab [adj -BIER, -BIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grabby
Literary usage of Grabby
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct by Bernard Burke (1866)
"2 Edward, of grabby HaB, who d. 1 Apt-U, 1894, leaving. by Abigail ... Eat-, of
grabby Hall, on. Lincoln, an. in 1793, Anne, data. and co-heir of Thomas ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"footsoldier, infantryman, footman (rare), peon (India), grabby (slang and
opprobrious), infantry (a collective); spec, peltast. footstep, n. ..."
3. Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures by Albert Bigelow Paine (1904)
"... This mouse does grabby, That'sall my blabby, awfully sorry but can't be helped.
Ever thine." During his stay in London Nast attended a State concert, ..."
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