gloved

verb

past tense of glove
as in roped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloved
  1. grabbed
  2. snatched
  3. rapped
  4. trapped
  5. collared
  6. grappled
  7. captured
  8. netted
Verb
  • The little girl would later tell officers that her brother grabbed the knife and threw it at her, the blade hitting her chest.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Fitzgerald then allegedly grabbed her arm and tried to pull her toward him.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of grabbed
Verb
  • Once the vehicle is loaded on it, the slave deck can easily be snatched with a front-end loader sporting long forks.
    — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Little buried the 57-yard field goal as the Jaguars snatched victory from the jaws (or, in this case, claws) of defeat.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of snatched
Verb
  • Hill blasted out to just over 3 feet, and when Watts missed his 18-foot birdie putt, Hill quickly rapped it in and the celebration was on.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
  • What had been promoted as an appearance turned into a performance, with the Wu-Tang member running through songs from his catalog as fans rapped along.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of rapped
Verb
  • Separately, a woman trapped inside her car in floodwaters was freed outside of Morganton.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • As his father became more trapped by his criminal enterprises, Flynn remained decent and upstanding.
    — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of trapped
Verb
  • Some members of the Whaleback pack are collared, providing a good starting point.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The video, from a traffic stop of a white Volvo semi in a rural area on May 18, shows officers pulling the vehicle over before the driver descends from the cab and attempts to run away, crossing a set of train tracks before being quickly collared by law enforcement.
    — Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
Definition of collared
Verb
  • Trump or other parts of the executive branch have also, in policy and in the courts, grappled with The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press and The New York Times.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As live shopping grows, platforms like Whatnot have also grappled with issues such as theft and addiction claims.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of grappled
Verb
  • Pictures and video are only captured when the camera senses a vehicle going 10 miles per hour or more above the speed limit.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Last week, the militia took a leading role in an operation to retake the strategically vital Red Sea port of Mocha, captured by the Houthis last month.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of captured
Verb
  • Muñiz helped defend the office’s inaction — even though New York’s attorney general acted on similar complaints in that state and netted a $25 million settlement for victims there.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Aho later netted his sixth goal of the season on a pass from William Carrier.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of netted
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“Gloved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloved. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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