grabbing
/ˈɡɹæbɪŋ/noun, verb
grabbing is spelled G-R-A-B-B-I-N-G: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grabbing means “The act of one who grabs; a snatching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grabbing is grabbings.
How many letters and syllables are in grabbing?
| Letters | 8: G-R-A-B-B-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.9 times per million words; the 10,028th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is grabbing?
Grabbing appears 5.9 times per million words in written English, the 10,028th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grabbing?
- /ˈɡɹæbɪŋ/
Grabbing has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-grabbing.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of grabbing
- grabbings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grabbing mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The act of one who grabs; a snatching.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of grab
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).