grabby

«grabby» in Mova's school dictionary: wanting to grab or take things for yourself, often greedily — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (grabby, grabbier, grabbiest — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Grabby means wanting to grab or take things for yourself, often greedily. tree →

2) (informal) A grabby person touches or grabs others too much. tree →

3) (informal) A grabby headline or idea catches attention quickly. tree →

sense 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 →
• Don't be grabby; wait your turn for a biscuit. tree →
• The seagulls got grabby when we opened the chips. tree →
• My little cousin is grabby with everyone's toys. tree →
• That newspaper headline is a bit grabby. tree →
• If someone is grabby and it makes you uncomfortable, tell a teacher. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «grabby» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.