snatched; snatching; snatches
: to attempt to seize something suddenly
: to take or grasp abruptly or hastily
snatch up a pen
snatched the first opportunity
also
: to seize or take suddenly without permission, ceremony, or right
snatched a kiss
snatcher
noun
1
a
: a brief period
caught snatches of sleep
b
: a brief, fragmentary, or hurried part : bit
caught snatches of the conversation
2
a
: a snatching at or of something
b
slang
: an act or instance of kidnapping
3
: a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised from the floor directly to an overhead position in a single motion compare clean and jerk, press
4
vulgar
: the female pudenda
Synonyms
Examples of snatch in a Sentence
Verb
An eagle swooped down and snatched one of the hens.
She snatched the toy from his hands.
Noun
to the police chief, it didn't look like a snatch, but another case of a bride-to-be getting cold feet
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Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
While Harris in her speech promised to take the United States in a new direction if elected, remarks from Biden from earlier Tuesday snatched the spotlight away from his vice president.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Joseph Geha, The Mercury News, 8 June 2017
The text, sung by two sopranos, may well have been in Esperanto, as only snatches were decipherable.
—Alan G. Artner, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2017
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Verb
Though his men currently six points clear at the La Liga summit over Madrid, Flick refuses to accept that Barca is the favourite to snatch the top domestic prize back from Los Blancos.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
While Harris in her speech promised to take the United States in a new direction if elected, remarks from Biden from earlier Tuesday snatched the spotlight away from his vice president.
—Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Noun
While there hasn’t been a particular rash of private sales scams in the city lately, Bosques recalled a case the FBI cracked with the help of a Fremont detective who was investigating a snatch-and-grab robbery at a coffee shop in 2012.
—Joseph Geha, The Mercury News, 8 June 2017
The text, sung by two sopranos, may well have been in Esperanto, as only snatches were decipherable.
—Alan G. Artner, chicagotribune.com, 4 June 2017
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“Snatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snatch. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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