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- DictionarySnatch/snaCH/
verb
- 1. quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way: "she snatched a cookie from the plate"
noun
- 1. an act of snatching or quickly seizing something: "a quick snatch of breath"
- 2. the rapid raising of a weight from the floor to above the head in one movement.
1. to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usu. fol. by at ). v.t. 2. to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp: He snatched the woman's purse and ran. 3. to take, pull, etc., suddenly or hastily. 4. Slang. to kidnap. n. 5. an act or instance of snatching. 6. a sudden motion to seize something.
Definitions of snatch. verb. grasp hastily or eagerly. “Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone”. synonyms: snap, snatch up. see more. verb. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom. synonyms: abduct, kidnap, nobble.
1 day ago · snatch in American English. (snætʃ) intransitive verb. 1. (usually fol. by at) to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab. transitive verb. 2. to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp. He snatched the old lady's purse and ran.
a sudden motion to seize something; grab: He made a snatch as if to stop her. a bit, scrap, or fragment of something: snatches of conversation. a brief spell of effort, activity, or any experience: to work in snatches.
to do or get something quickly because you only have a short amount of time: I managed to snatch some lunch. snatch. noun [ C ] uk / snætʃ / us. a short part of a conversation, song, etc that you hear: I keep hearing snatches of that song on the radio. (Definition of snatch from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
[transitive] snatch something to take or get something quickly, especially because you do not have much time. I managed to snatch an hour's sleep. The team snatched a dramatic victory in the last minute of the game. Word Origin. Idioms. snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Mar 30, 2024 · ( transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony. to snatch a kiss. ( transitive, informal) To steal . Synonyms: see Thesaurus: steal. Someone has just snatched my purse! ( transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
