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To grasp and remove quickly.transitive
- He snatched up the phone.
- She snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.
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To attempt to seize something suddenly.intransitive
- to snatch at a rope
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To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.transitive
- to snatch a kiss
- 1731-1735, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays when half our knowledge we must snatch, not take
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To steal.informaltransitive
- Someone has just snatched my purse!
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To take (a victory) at the last moment.broadlyfigurativelyinformal
- But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.
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To do something quickly in the limited time available.informaltransitive
- He snatched a sandwich before catching the train.
- He snatched a glimpse of her while her mother had her back turned.
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A quick grab or catch.
- The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
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A short period.
- At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches,
- Frank looked at the screens dully. He had slept about three hours, in snatches.
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A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
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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.
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The vulva.slangvulgar
- Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch?
- Roughly Santino ripped the sheet from the bed, exposing all of her. She had blond hair on her snatch, which drove him crazy. He was partial to blondes.
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Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- If, after the pilot notices the overspeed, he deploys the spoilers, or if aileron "snatch" rolls the airplane to an excessive bank angle, it may become impossible to recover.
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A brief period of exertion.dated
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A catching of the voice.dated
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A hasty snack; a bite to eat.dated
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A quibble.dated