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snatch

  [snach]
Use snatch in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually fol. by at).
–verb (used with object)
2. to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp: He snatched the old lady's purse and ran.
3. to take, get, secure, etc., suddenly or hastily.
4. to rescue or save by prompt action: He snatched the baby from the fire.
5. Slang. to kidnap.
–noun
6. the act or an instance of snatching.
7. a sudden motion to seize something; grab: He made a snatch as if to stop her.
8. a bit, scrap, or fragment of something: snatches of conversation.
9. a brief spell of effort, activity, or any experience: to work in snatches.
10. Nautical. a sheave or projecting member serving as a fairlead.
11. a brief period of time.
12. Slang. an act of kidnapping.
13. Slang: Vulgar. vulva; vagina.
14. Weightlifting. a lift in which the barbell is brought in a single motion from the floor to an arms-extended position overhead.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME snacche (n.), snacchen (v.) < ?; c. MD snacken

Related forms:
snatch⋅a⋅ble, adjective
snatcher, noun
snatch⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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snatch   (snāch)   
v.   snatched, snatch·ing, snatch·es

v.   tr.

    1. To grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly.

    2. Sports To raise (a weight) in one quick, uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.

  2. To grasp or seize illicitly.

v.   intr.
To make grasping or seizing motions: snatched at the lamp cord.
n.  

  1. The act of snatching; a quick grasp or grab.

  2. A brief period of time: "At the end we preferred to travel all night,/Sleeping in snatches" (T.S. Eliot).

  3. A small amount; a bit or fragment: a snatch of dialogue.

  4. Slang A kidnapping.

  5. 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.

  6. Vulgar Slang The vulva.


[Middle English snacchen.]
snatch'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
snatch

  1. tv.
    to kidnap someone. (Underworld.) : We're gonna snatch the kid when the baby-sitter comes out to see what happened.
  2. n.
    a kidnapping. (Underworld.) : The Bradley snatch had the detectives up all night for weeks.
  3. tv.
    to grab something; to steal something. : Snatch me the paper there on the table as you walk by, would you please?
  4. n.
    a theft. (Underworld.) : The snatch went off without a hitch except that the safe was empty.
  5. n.
    women considered as a receptacle for the penis. (Rude and derogatory.) : The sailor walked around the port, looking for some snatch.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

snatch  (v.)
c.1225, perhaps from M.Du. snacken "to snatch, chatter." The noun is attested from c.1300; vulgar slang sense of "vulva" is recorded from 1903; from a much older sense of "sexual intercourse quickly performed" (c.1589). Weight-lifting sense is attested from 1928.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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