grab hook
1Grab bar — Grab bars are safety devices designed to enable a worker to maintain balance by holding ( grabbing ) onto each bar as he or she climbs. Grab bars are found on equipment or above fixed ladders where footholds exist but other handholds lack. They… …
2hook — [n] curved fastener angle, catch, clasp, crook, curve, grapnel, grapple, hasp, holder, link, lock, peg; concepts 260,498 hook [v] grab, catch angle, bag, clasp, crook, curve, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fasten, fix, hasp, lasso, net, pin, secure,… …
3grab — [v] latch on to capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, collar*, corral*, get one’s fingers on*, get one’s hands on*, glom*, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, land, lay one’s hands on*, nab, nail, pluck, seize, snag, snap up, snatch, take, take hold of; …
4hook — Synonyms and related words: L, Long Melford, abstract, acquitted, all the way, allure, anchor, anchorage, and, and sinker, angle, angle off, annex, apex, appropriate, arc, arch, argue into, articulate, backhand, backhander, backstroke, bag, bait …
5hook — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curvature, crook, bend; gaff. v. t. catch, fasten; curve, bend; link, join. See connection, pendency. II (Roget s IV) I n. 1. [An implement for snagging] Syn. lock, catch, clasp, latch; see fastener …
6grab — v 1. clutch, snatch, clasp, grasp, grip, fasten upon, lay hold of, lay hands on, Inf. get one s fingers or hands on, Inf. latch on or onto; catch, catch hold of, capture, take, hook, snag, ensnare, secure, Inf. collar, Sl. nab. 2. seize,… …
7arrest — [n1] taking into custody accommodation, apprehension, appropriation, bag*, booby trap*, bust, captivity, capture, collar, commitment, confinement, constraint, crimp*, detention, drop*, fall*, gaff*, glom*, grab*, heat*, hook*, imprisonment,… …
8capture — [n] catching, forceful holding abduction, acquirement, acquisition, apprehension, appropriating, appropriation, arrest, bag*, bust*, catch, collar, commandeering, confiscation, drop*, ensnaring, fall, gaining, grab*, grasping, hit the jackpot*,… …
9trap — [n] snare, trick allurement, ambuscade, ambush, artifice, bait, booby trap*, come on*, conspiracy, deception, decoy, device, dragnet, enticement, feint, gambit, hook*, intrigue, inveiglement, lasso*, lure, machination, maneuver, net, noose,… …
10pilfer — Synonyms and related words: abstract, abuse, and, annex, appropriate, bag, befoul, boost, borrow, convert, cop, crib, debase, defalcate, defile, defraud, desecrate, divert, embezzle, extort, filch, foul, grab, hook, lift, make off with,… …
