grabber

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English grab Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English grabber From grab + -er.

1. One who, or that which, grabs or seizes.

   “Another money grabber, according to Ms. Chapman, is the woman who makes $30,000-$40,000 or more a year, but lives as though she makes twice as much.”

2. Something that captures one's attention.

   “The one new tune that was a real grabber had a great slow chanting chorus, "Stand up, you have a right to fight!"”

   “Get to the story and make sure that line 6 or 7 is a grabber. TV viewers have attention spans of fifteen seconds, and then they hit the remote.”

3. A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm.