snatch
/snætʃ/
ot noun
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A quick grab or catch.
The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
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A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
- A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- The vulva.
fe’l verb
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To grasp and remove quickly.
He snatched up the phone.
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To attempt to seize something suddenly.
to snatch at a rope
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To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
to snatch a kiss
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To steal.
Someone has just snatched my purse!
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.