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Definition of Snatch up
1. Verb. To grasp hastily or eagerly. "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"
Generic synonyms: Clutch, Prehend, Seize
Specialized synonyms: Swoop, Swoop Up
Derivative terms: Snap, Snatch, Snatcher
Also: Snap Up
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snatch Up
Literary usage of Snatch up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"... earnestly imploring [his life], and thus speaks: [the omen], and own [the
interposition of] the gods; myself, myself at your head, snatch up the steel, ..."
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"I snatch up my manuscript, convince myself that it is lying in order and go,
without stopping a second or looking about me, towards the editor's ..."
3. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"I snatch up my manuscript, convince myself that it is lying in order and go,
without stopping a second or looking about me, towards the editor's office. ..."
4. Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... but it is chiefly under a northern sky that he can snatch up those catches of
what may be called the poetry of Nature, which give value to landscape; ..."
5. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... but it is chiefly under a northern sky that he can snatch up those catches of
what may be called the poetry of Nature, which give value to landscape; ..."
6. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... but it is chiefly under a northern sky that he can snatch up those catches of
what may be called the poetry of Nature, which give value to landscape; ..."
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