grab vs spatula

grab

noun
  • A simple card game. 

  • An acquisition by violent or unjust means. 

  • A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven. 

  • A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast. 

  • A mechanical device that grabs or clutches. 

  • A sound bite. 

  • A sudden snatch at something. 

verb
  • To consume something quickly. 

  • To take the opportunity of. 

  • To restrain someone; to arrest. 

  • To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something). 

  • To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest. 

  • To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. 

  • To quickly collect or retrieve. 

spatula

noun
  • A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino. 

  • A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food. 

  • A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc. 

  • A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls. 

  • A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges. 

verb
  • To strike with a spatula. 

  • To lift with or as if with a spatula. 

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