grabber

Etymology

grab + -er

noun

1. One who, or that which, grabs or seizes.
   Another money grabber, according to Ms. Chapman, is the woman who makes $30,000-$40,000 or more a year, but lives as though she makes twice as much. 1985, Ebony, volume 40, number 12, page 130
2. (television, film) A line of dialogue, etc. that captures the viewer's attention.
   Get to the story and make sure that line 6 or 7 is a grabber. TV viewers have attention spans of fifteen seconds, and then they hit the remote. 2001, Lydia Wilen, Joan Wilen, How to Sell Your Screenplay, page 166
3. A machine in an amusement arcade containing prizes which the player must attempt to pick up with a mechanical grabbing arm.