grabbyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæbi/
• 韻: -æbi

形容詞

grabby (comparative grabbier, superlative grabbiest)

1. Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.

   Synonym: handsy

2. Attention-grabbing; striking, stimulating.
   • 2023 July 6, Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Nearly every bookstore contains a designated Colleen Hoover table, display case or section, stuffed with vague but grabby titles, like “All Your Perfects” and “Ugly Love.” I slorped down three of them in one week.

派生語

• grabbily
• grabbiness

名詞

grabby (複数形 grabbies)

1. (childish, usually in the plural) Humanlike hand of some animals, mainly rodents and primates.

   This is a quokka watching some juggling. The little grabbies, I can't.