Lexic.us

Definition of Snatch

1. Noun. A small fragment. "Overheard snatches of their conversation"

2. Verb. To grasp hastily or eagerly. "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"

3. Noun. Obscene terms for female genitals.

4. Verb. To make grasping motions. "The cat snatched at the butterflies"

5. Noun. (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.

6. Verb. Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom. "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

7. Noun. A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion.

8. Noun. The act of catching an object with the hands. "The infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"

Definition of Snatch

1. v. t. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

2. v. i. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.

3. n. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.

Definition of Snatch

1. Verb. To grasp quickly. ¹

2. Verb. To grasp and remove quickly. ¹

3. Verb. To steal. ¹

4. Verb. (by extension) To take a victory at the last moment. ¹

5. Verb. To do something quickly due to limited time available. ¹

6. Noun. A quick grab or catch. ¹

7. Noun. (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. ¹

8. Noun. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation. ¹

9. Noun. (vulgar slang) A vulva. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snatch

1. to seize suddenly [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snatch

snarlings snarls snarly snarred snarring snars snary snash snashed snashes

snashing snast snaste snastes snasts snatch and run snatch and runs snatch block snatch blocks snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

snatch the pebble snatch up snatch victory from the jaws of defeat snatchable snatched snatched the pebble snatcher snatchers snatches

Literary usage of Snatch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"2'Jessica, greedy to the last, tries to snatch the letter from Nerissa, who very promptly corrects her at the words, "after his death. ..."

2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Then in his turn on brave Agenor sprang 710 Pelides ; but Apollo suffer'd not That glory to his arm, but snatch'd him up And wrapp'd him in thick mist, ..."

3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"snatch'D AWAY IN BEAUTY'S BLOOM. Oh ! snatch'd away in beauty's bloom, On thee shall press no ponderous tomb ; But on thy turf shall roses rear Their leaves ..."

4. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"But the brothers, a resolute band, and stung with grief, some draw their swords, some snatch the missile steel, and rush blindfold; against whom the troops ..."

5. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1850)
"tudes should throng and crowd to enter in at the straight gate, and press into the kingdom ; and the younger brothers should snatch the inheritance from the ..."

6. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"... to snaggle ; to snake ; to snam ; to snap ; to snatch ; to sneak ; to snipe ... secouer la perpendiculaire ( = ' to snatch a slang ' ; also secouer un ..."

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