GRABBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grabber mean? 

• GRABBER (noun)
  The noun GRABBER has 1 sense:

1. an unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately

  Familiarity information: GRABBER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRABBER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unpleasant person who grabs inconsiderately

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("grabber" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

 Context examples 

"We are not limited to binary configurations, such as a grabber being either open or closed," says Jessica Liu, first author of the paper and a Ph.D. student at NC State.

(Technique uses magnets, light to control and reconfigure soft robots, National Science Foundation)

In experimental testing, the researchers demonstrated that the soft robots could be used to form "grabbers" for lifting and transporting objects.

(Technique uses magnets, light to control and reconfigure soft robots, National Science Foundation)