掴 - catch, seize, grasp

to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on

a drowning man will clutch at a straw

to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at

a handful (of)

grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

to grab (someone) by the collar; to seize (someone) by the lapels

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

to snatch (at); to grab

buying near the top of the market

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

to grasp at the air

grip