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snatch

Pronunciation: /snæt͡ʃ/

The English word “snatch” has 16 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To grasp and remove quickly.
  2. To attempt to seize something suddenly.
  3. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
  4. To steal.
  5. To take (a victory) at the last moment.
  6. To do something quickly in the limited time available.

noun

  1. A quick grab or catch.
  2. A short period.
  3. A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
  4. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
  5. The vulva.
  6. Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
  7. A brief period of exertion.
  8. A catching of the voice.
  9. A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
  10. A quibble.

Etymology

From Middle English snacchen, snecchen (“to snap; seize”), from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *snakjaną (“to whiff, sniff, catch wind of; to taste-test, nibble”), related to Proto-Germanic *snakōną (“to breathe, blow, sigh”) and *snakkōną (“to blather, jabber, chatter”). Cognate with Middle Dutch snacken (“to snap [of a dog]”), Norwegian…

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