snatch

Formssnatches, snatching, snatched

Pluralsnatches

1. 1
   verbtransitive

   To grab something and take it away fast, often without asking.

   Please don't snatch the toy from your sister.

   He snatched his coat off the hook and hurried outside.

   Similargrab, seize, wrest, pluck

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2. 2
   stealverbcolloquialtransitive

   To steal something that belongs to someone else.

   Someone snatched my bike from outside the library.

   Thieves on scooters snatch phones from people on this street.

   Similarsteal, filch, boost, bag, appropriate

3. 3
   verbcolloquialtransitive

   To quickly have something, like food or sleep, when there is not much time.

   I snatched a quick lunch between my two classes.

   Try to snatch a nap on the bus if you can.

   Similargrab, steal, catch, sneak

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4. 4
   win lateverbcolloquialfigurativelytransitive

   To win at the very last moment, just before the end.

   Our team snatched the win with a goal in the final minute.

   They need one more point to snatch victory before time runs out.

   Similarsteal, clinch, grab, seize

5. 5
   nouncountable

   A fast grab, or a fast catch of something like a ball.

   The dog made a snatch at the sausage but missed.

   With one snatch, she caught the falling glass before it hit the floor.

   Similargrab, catch

6. 6
   bit of soundnouncountable

   A short bit of a sound, most often music or people talking.

   I could only hear snatches of their talk through the wall.

   She sang a snatch of an old song while she cooked.

   Similarsnippet, fragment, scrap, bit

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7. 7
   try to grabverbintransitive

   To reach out fast and try to grab something.

   The baby snatched at my glasses and almost got them.

   Cats snatch at anything that hangs in front of them.

   Similargrab

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8. 8
   short timenouncountable

   A short amount of time.

   I read my book in snatches on the bus.

   Dad got a short snatch of sleep on the couch.

   Similarspell, burst, moment

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   weightliftingnouncountable

   A weightlifting event: lifting a bar from the floor to straight arms above your head in one smooth move.

   She set a new personal best in the snatch today.

   Our coach films every snatch so we can check our form.

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    private partsnounslangvulgarcountable

    A very rude word for the private parts between a woman's legs.

    He made a gross joke about her snatch, and she told him to leave.

    “This bike seat is killing my snatch,” she groaned after the long ride.

    Similarcunt, twat

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