Sentence:  He <WSD>grabbled</WSD> one of the canteens and, unfastening its cap, swung it down by the cord. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To pick (something or someone) "up" hastily, roughly or clumsily.<ref>(Francis Grose), "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," London: Hooper and Wigstead, 1796, 3rd edition: “T<small>O</small> G<small>RABBLE</small>. To seize.”[https://archive.org/details/cu31924073798740]</ref>