Adjective, : a grabby ticket scalper. ,a poster with some really grabby artwork. ,Car tires that are too grabby waste fuel.    From Dictionary.com. 

I still think it's a good story, but I don't think it's "grabby" enough for a mainstream mag.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference

The lace is a bit "grabby," so it sticks to your hair and I rarely need to adjust it during the liturgy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Anchoress] Reference

To start, says Bruce Shirky, president of the Chihuahua club, people tend to be "grabby" with small dogs.    From Wordnik.com.  [theithacajournal.com -] Reference

He bailed out just a few gates into the slalom, a casualty of "grabby" snow that bedeviled a slew of skiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [KPIX: Top Stories Videos] Reference

They all have different characteristics of how "grabby" they are, what they do to transients, tonality, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference

I tried a set of EXPs about a year ago and didn't care for them because they felt kind of grabby on my fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference

He bailed out just a few gates into the slalom Saturday morning, a casualty of "grabby" snow that bedeviled a slew of skiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

I snatched them out of his hands in time luckily I’m kind of grabby in real life and this didn’t alert him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deception Point. « To be determined] Reference

Frances's flames keep the grabby tentacles at bay.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Forest of the Snake People (Part 1)] Reference

The technique needs a more grabby yarn to work right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lather. Rinse. Repeat.] Reference

I heard he was very looney and very “grabby”, lol.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Gary Busey remains crazy as all get out] Reference

Staff librarian isn't exactly a grabby aspect of show business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]

The participants grow a bit peevish and grabby among themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [After The Big One] Reference

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: Hey, grabby-hands, step away from the sister.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Saturday Morning News: Now Showing: `Fifteen Minutes,' `Get Over It' - March 10, 2001] Reference

And it's not just fiction where the grabby opening works so well.    From Wordnik.com.  [It Was a Dark and Stormy Night ...] Reference

Once people have property rights to distribute speech, they get grabby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: February 23, 2003 - March 1, 2003 Archives] Reference

He said he loved my 'grabby sides' and my belly smelled like marshmallows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why do you want to be in the Big Brother house?] Reference

Now look, I wanted to say, don't be so grabby; I was here before you were.    From Wordnik.com.  [Earthly Possessions]

Baja knew California would clean its clock if it tried anything real grabby.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Disunited States of America] Reference

The rest mainly fall on the grabby end of normal bounds. qlncpzgh mkbi Says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Evil Triumphs] Reference

But I'd worry that the whole issue of how grabby he is might be a distraction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama To Spend Tuesday Night In Key Swing State, Away From The Day's Primaries] Reference

The Pup has learned to quickly scoot out of the way if Minnow starts to get grabby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference

I used to work daycare & one little toddler in my class was very grabby at naptime.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grabbing Hands, Grab All They Can | Her Bad Mother] Reference

     Take Pioneer Square, where Seattle popped out of the ground and got grabby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dry Rot] Reference

You can watch though as this snake gets a little grabby with a local TV weather guy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2008] Reference

Nice try Senator Billary, a little grabby for those 300,000 popular votes aren't you?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary-Backer Bill Nelson Floats Compromise To Florida Voting Crisis] Reference

The source of the problem is this: wakeful little Jasper and his grabby little hands.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grabbing Hands, Grab All They Can | Her Bad Mother] Reference

Yoj leaned over to examine the symbol up close, holding Prl's grabby fingers out of reach.    From Wordnik.com.  [SKENE: CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT] Reference

And they wonder why Im perfectly fine with the watch I got from one of those grabby games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time doesn't have to be money.] Reference

They are about being grabby and when they have the clout of a Microsoft about being "pushy.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Just Listen Microsoft - An Opportunist Does Not a Visionary Make] Reference

"Ask your last client -- that grabby Mr. Goodrich in the San Luis Obispo Sector," she replied.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tek Net]

But what did our grabby, self-righteous, uber self-regarding Michelle go into with her two degrees?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference

And fortunately the drunken obnoxious grabby guys seated next to cristalia and me left after half a song.    From Wordnik.com.  [and the white girls dancing] Reference

Billy Bragg's highly publicized campaign against MySpace's crummy, grabby terms of service has been successful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: July 23, 2006 - July 29, 2006 Archives] Reference

It has tight writing, grabby headlines (pretty much like tabloid sometimes), but excellent local sports coverage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thinking Dangerous Thoughts] Reference