snatched

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   grabbedverb

   Simple past and past participle of snatch.

   We snatched a few hours of sleep before the early flight.

   Her phone was snatched from a café table while she looked away.

   Note

   The form is regular and stays the same after have or be: thieves snatched the bag, and the bag was snatched. In colloquial use it pairs with whatever is grabbed in the little time available, such as a meal, some sleep or a glance, and with a win taken in the closing moments. The same spelling is also an adjective of sculpted looks, which carries no sense of grabbing.

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   sculpted lookadjectiveslang

   Attractive in appearance, especially with a face or body that looks sharply sculpted.

   Your cheekbones look snatched in this lighting.

   She showed up to the party looking snatched from head to toe.

   Similarsculpted, gorgeous, stunning

   Note

   This is the broadest of the slang uses: praise for a face or body that looks sharply defined, from cheekbones in flattering light to an outfit that works head to toe. It compares with more and most rather than endings, as in the most snatched look of the night. Unlike the narrow-waist meaning, nothing here has to be slim; what counts is the sculpted, finished look.

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   slim waistadjectiveslang

   Of a person or their figure, having a narrow waist.

   The high-waisted skirt cinched her in and left her looking snatched.

   Two weeks of core workouts, and he swears he's already snatched around the middle.

   Similarslim, trim, toned

   Note

   Slang praise that describes the person rather than the waist: she looked snatched in that skirt, he swears he's snatched around the middle. It usually follows be, look or feel, and it belongs to casual talk among friends, not to formal writing. When the waist itself is the noun, as in a snatched waist, the word is the plain "narrow" meaning.

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