Grab

1. An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; -- specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.
2. To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.
3. A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.
4. A sudden grasp or seizure.