Definitions

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  • noun The quality of being grabby; acquisitive greed.

Etymologies

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grabby +‎ -ness

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Examples

  • So the Pup's defense against Minnow's grabbiness is her greater mobility.

    Archive 2007-09-01 ScienceWoman 2007

  • So the Pup's defense against Minnow's grabbiness is her greater mobility.

    Mommy Monday: the Pup and the Babe ScienceWoman 2007

  • They neither take up extra space nor evince the bodily curiosity and grabbiness common to children.

    Archive 2010-06-01 2010

  • They neither take up extra space nor evince the bodily curiosity and grabbiness common to children.

    John 2010

  • If Richardson is the veep, I hope you're right about the grabbiness.

    Obama To Spend Tuesday Night In Key Swing State, Away From The Day's Primaries 2009

  • High time that “Kansas” — and every other state — stopped having something the matter with it, woke up, and put a stop to grabbiness that will defeat not only itself but all the rest of us.

    Firedoglake » Repeal the Bling Tax…Erm…Estate Tax Or Not? 2006

  • For far too long, the U.S. has been immersed in the avarice and grabbiness that have come to define all Western nations.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Yvette Carnell 2011

  • Something else we didn't expect: The brakes feel different on the 460; easier to modulate out of the box, with less grabbiness.

    Autoblog Green Jonathon Ramsey 2010

  • It occurred to me as I wrote this that maybe their lack of ovary grabbiness is due to their genitalia.

    Stirrup Queens Lollipopgoldstein 2010

  • Something else we didn't expect: The brakes feel different on the 460; easier to modulate out of the box, with less grabbiness.

    Autoblog Green Jonathon Ramsey 2010

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