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snatch - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly.
- intransitive verb To steal, especially quickly or with a sudden movement.
- intransitive verb Informal To kidnap (someone).
- intransitive verb Sports To raise (a weight) in one quick, uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.
- intransitive verb To obtain or achieve quickly or unexpectantly.
- intransitive verb To get (a small amount of sleep).
- intransitive verb To make grasping or seizing motions.
- noun The act of snatching; a quick grasp or grab.
- noun Informal A kidnapping.
- noun A brief period of time.
- noun A small amount; a bit or fragment.
- noun Sports A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised in one uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.
- noun Vulgar Slang The vulva.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To seize or take hastily, eagerly, abruptly, or violently.
- Hence, figuratively To get or save by sudden or violent effort, or by good fortune.
- To seize or transport away quickly or forcibly.
- Nautical, to place the bight of (a rope) in a snatch-block so that it may lead properly.
- To seize, or attempt to seize, a thing suddenly: generally with at.
- See the quotation.
- noun A hasty catch or seizing.
- noun An attempt to seize suddenly; a sharp attack.
- noun A catching of the voice; impeded utterance.
- noun A piece snatched or broken off; a small piece or quantity; a fragment; a bit.
- noun A short fit of vigorous action: as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.
- noun A hasty repast; a snack; a bit of food.
- noun A quibble; a shuffiing answer.
- noun An open lead for a block. See
snatch-block .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- transitive verb To seize and transport away; to rap.
- intransitive verb To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with
at . - noun A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
- noun A short period of vigorous action.
- noun A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
grasp quickly. - verb To
grasp and remove quickly. - verb To
steal . - verb by extension To take a
victory at the last moment. - verb To do something quickly due to limited time available.
- noun A quick grab or catch.
- noun weightlifting A
competitive weightlifting event in which abarbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. - noun A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- noun vulgar slang A
vulva .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb to grasp hastily or eagerly
- noun the act of catching an object with the hands
- noun obscene terms for female genitals
- noun a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- verb to make grasping motions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English snacchen.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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And -- around you, my snatch is always a little wet, I need to wear pants or I'd leave spots every time I sat down.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: SETTING UP HOUSE Maggie Jochild 2007
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SNOW: General Clark, I was reading about what they call snatch and grab teams that are apparently in that area in Tora Bora now.
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NEW ORLEANS — Republican U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao has lost the election in his New Orleans-area district, a rare seat that Democrats were able to snatch from the GOP.
Joseph Cao Defeated: Cedric Richmond Wins Louisiana House Seat The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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NEW ORLEANS — Republican U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao has lost the election in his New Orleans-area district, a rare seat that Democrats were able to snatch from the GOP.
Joseph Cao Defeated: Cedric Richmond Wins Louisiana House Seat The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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NEW ORLEANS — Republican U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao has lost the election in his New Orleans-area district, a rare seat that Democrats were able to snatch from the GOP.
Joseph Cao Defeated: Cedric Richmond Wins Louisiana House Seat The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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NEW ORLEANS — Republican U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao has lost the election in his New Orleans-area district, a rare seat that Democrats were able to snatch from the GOP.
Joseph Cao Defeated: Cedric Richmond Wins Louisiana House Seat The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Of course, one would have to be incredibly naive to think that Palin, at best a befuddled Republican poster child and at worst another establishment neocon, would follow through on her support and back a new 9/11 investigation should John McCain snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and take the White House.
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Leave it to the Democrats to once again snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.
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Of course, one would have to be incredibly naive to think that Palin, at best a befuddled Republican poster child and at worst another establishment neocon, would follow through on her support and back a new 9/11 investigation should John McCain snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and take the White House.
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She is the U.S. record holder in snatch, clean and jerk and total weight lifted.
Related Words
synonyms (184)
Words with the same meaning
- abduce
- abduct
- abduction
- abstract
- and
- annex
- apprehension
- appropriate
- arrest
- arrestation
- badger
- bag
- bit
- blackmail
- bob
- boost
- borrow
- butt
- capture
- carry away
- carry off
- catch
- catching
- chip
- chunk
- clasp
- clip
- clipping
- clutch
- collaring
- collop
- cop
- coup
- crib
- crimp
- crumb
- cunt
- cut
- cutting
- defraud
- deliver
- desire
- dollop
- dragnet
- embezzle
- end
- exact
- extort
- filch
- flick
- flip
- flirt
- flounce
- force from
- forcible seizure
- fragment
- get
- gob
- gobbet
- grab
- grab at
- grabbing
- grapple
- grasp
- gripe
- hitch
- hold
- hold for ransom
- hook
- hunk
- impress
- jerk
- jig
- jigger
- jigget
- jiggle
- jog
- joggle
- jump at
- kidnap
- kidnapping
- lay hold of
- levy blackmail
- lift
- lump
- make off with
- mealy
- modicum
- moiety
- morsel
- nab
- nabbing
- nail
- nip
- nip up
- palm
- paring
- particle
- picking up
- piece
- pilfer
- pinch
- pluck
- poach
- power grab
- prehension
- pry loose from
- purloin
- rap
- rasher
- remove
- rend
- rend from
- rescue
- rip
- rip from
- run away with
- running in
- rustle
- sample
- save
- scoop
- scrap
- screw
- scrounge
- segment
- seize
- seizure
- seizure of power
- shake down
- shanghai
- shard
- shaving
- shiver
- shoplift
- shred
- skyjack
- slice
- sliver
- smithereen
- snack
- snake
- snap up
- snare
- snatch at
- snatch from
- snatching
- snip
- snippet
- snitch
- song
- specimen
- spirit away
- splinter
- squeeze
- start
- steal
- stitch
- strain
- stump
- sudden pull
- swindle
- swipe
- take
- take hold of
- taking in
- taking into custody
- tatter
- tear from
- thieve
- throttle
- twat
- tweak
- twitch
- walk off with
- whip up
- win
- wrench
- wrench from
- wrest
- wring
- wring from
- yank
- yerk
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