snatch
IPA: snˈætʃ
noun
- A quick grab or catch.
- A short period.
- (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- (vulgar slang) The vulva.
- (aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- (dated) A brief period of exertion.
- (dated) A catching of the voice.
- (dated) A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
- (dated) A quibble.
verb
- (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
- (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- (transitive, informal) To steal.
- (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
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Examples of "snatch" in Sentences
- She rushes in and snatches her out of the way.
- Gunmen snatch three Westerners in Yemen capital.
- Collectors snatch up Robert Frost Christmas cards.
- Snatches of the music haunt her throughout the film.
- The bandits just wanted to snatch the corporal's gun.
- Watch an eagle's terrifying attempt to snatch a child.
- The crocodile appears and snatches Allison from the boat.
- The two lifts competed are the clean and jerk and the snatch.
- He was selected for the Beijing Games to snatch the gold medal.
- Main intension of the English government is to snatch the wealth.
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