Usage of "grabby" | TermGallery

Immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth.

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Usage of grabby in English

I mean, what if you get all grabby and whiney on me? 
 Happiness key 

VW's seven-speed dual-clutch automatic is fluid at cruising speed but grabby when parking. 
 News.com.au 

Pity the story isn't quite as grabby as the head, though. 
 The Irish Times 

While you might not be grabby, it's certainly no challenge to trip you either. 
 The Wise Man’s Fear 

The band opened with three from the new record, but none was particularly grabby. 
 Reuters 

I told you how I feel about your working with some grabby old fart. 
 Public secrets 

But in all honesty, I was just a horny little teenager with grabby hands. 
 Ebony 

Now I know about balancing on heels and fending off drunk ministers with grabby hands. 
 Unraveled 

The ceramic brakes are grabby in city traffic. 
 Wired 

It's a sweet car on the road but a grabby dual-clutch auto feels awkward when parking. 
 News.com.au 

The wind pulled at them with grabby fingers, threatening to spin the pair into the night. 
 Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code 

Sarah was mighty grabby, though, wasn't she, Milly? 
 Molly Brown's Orchard Home 

I had learned to step away from grabby hands and to lean away when setting down drinks. 
 The life you've imagined 

I like this material, except that it gets grabby when you're wearing long sleeves or a jacket. 
 Wired 

It'll keep him from getting grabby. 
 The Wise Man’s Fear 

Or they get amorous and grabby. 
 Dangerous Women 

grabby

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Grabby through the time

Meanings of grabby in English