The meaning of Grab

Dictionary definitions:
1. To take or grasp suddenly: grabbed the letter from me.
2. To capture or restrain; arrest.
3. To obtain or appropriate unscrupulously or forcibly: grab public funds; grab power.
4. To take hurriedly: grabbed my coat and hat and left.
5. Slang To capture the attention of: a plot that grabs the reader.
6. To make a grasping or snatching motion: We grabbed for the life raft.

That's not what it means now though, is it? "Collect" or "pick up" would define it for everyday use now.

Personally, I think Grab is a big black ogre with horns, used for scaring small children. Or perhaps a a giant bear. Any other ideas?

A girl crab?

Grab:-

A girl Crab, you could also order Gobster Thermidor in a sea food restaurant.

That machine at seaside resorts that never quite manages to pick up anything, no matter how much you pay it.

Grab = b4. It's the matching move (on the opposite side of the board) for the Grob.

Definition of SILLY
1
archaic : helpless, weak
2
a : rustic, plain
b obsolete : lowly in station : humble
3
a : weak in intellect : foolish
b : exhibiting or indicative of a lack of common sense or sound judgment <a very silly mistake>
c : trifling, frivolous
4
: being stunned or dazed <scared silly> <knocked me silly>
— sil·li·ly adverb
— sil·li·ness noun
— silly noun or adverb
Examples of SILLY

I hope I didn't make any silly mistakes.
The idea does seem a bit silly.
That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.
You drove in this weather? What a silly thing to do!
Silly me. I locked myself out of the car again.
Ask a silly question, and you get a silly answer.
“I can't ask you to do that.” “Don't be silly. It is my pleasure.”
What a silly little purse. It looks too small to hold everything that I'd need to carry.
I'm tired of watching silly movies.
The book was a silly waste of time.

Origin of SILLY
Middle English sely, silly happy, innocent, pitiable, feeble, from Old English sæ&#772;lig, from sæ&#772;l happiness; akin to Old High German s&#257;lig happy
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to SILLY
Synonyms: birdbrained, ditzy (or ditsy), dizzy, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, frothy, futile, goofy, harebrained, light-headed, light-minded, puerile, scatterbrained, giddy, yeasty
Antonyms: earnest, serious, serious-minded, sober, unfrivolous
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Rhymes with SILLY
billy, Chile, chili, chilly, dilly, filly, frilly, gillie, hilly, lily, stilly, Tilly
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Originally posted by Kewpie
Grab = b4. It's the matching move (on the opposite side of the board) for the Grob.

Originally posted by Very Rusty
Definition of SILLY
1
archaic : helpless, weak
2
a : rustic, plain
b obsolete : lowly in station : humble
3
a : weak in intellect : foolish
b : exhibiting or indicative of a lack of common sense or sound judgment <a very silly mistake>
c : trifling, frivolous
4
: being stunned or dazed <scared silly> <knocked me silly>
— sil·li·ly adverb
— si ...[text shortened]... y
Previous Word in the Dictionary: sillographer
All Words Near: silly
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Been scolded for using a dictionary during a debate. I'm unrepentant.

Originally posted by johnnylongwoody
You forgot,

I'm going to screw you silly.

in German Grab means grave.

Originally posted by Ponderable
in German Grab means grave.

In Croatian it means hornbeam. What's a hornbeam?

Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Same as English then.

Originally posted by Kewpie
In Croatian it means hornbeam. What's a hornbeam?

Originally posted by Ponderable
I didn't get that. I meant the word "Grab" means what the English word "grave" means. But this was not included in Kewpies list.