grasping

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæspɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑːspɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: grasp‧ing

grasping (comparative more grasping, superlative most grasping)

1. Greedy, eager for wealth.
   • 1990, Robert Fagles, transl., The Iliad:

     Just how, Agamemnon, great field marshal . . . most grasping man alive, how can the generous Argives give you prizes now? I know of no troves of treasure, piled, lying idle, anywhere.

• See also Thesaurus:greedy

grasping

1. present participle and gerund of grasp

grasping (plural graspings)

1. The act of one who grasps or covets.
   • 2009, Jed McKenna, Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment:

     These are my connections, my attachments. Maybe all I really am is the sum of all these connections, these fearful longings and graspings.

• pargings, sparging, spriggan