snatch
/snˈætʃ/ · 1 syllable
Meaning
verb
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
“Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone” - to make grasping motions
“the cat snatched at the butterflies” - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
“The industrialist's son was kidnapped”
noun
- a small fragment
“overheard snatches of their conversation” - obscene terms for female genitals
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- the act of catching an object with the hands
“Mays made the catch with his back to the plate”
Synonyms for snatch
Words that rhyme with snatch
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