Dictionary Definition
snatch
Noun
1 a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their
conversation" [syn: bit]
3 (law) the unlawful act of capturing and
carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false
imprisonment [syn: kidnapping]
4 a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted
overhead in one rapid motion
5 the act of catching an object with the hands;
"Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab
for the ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle
failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap and throw
was a single motion" [syn: catch, grab, snap]
Verb
1 to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could
stop him the dog snatched the ham bone" [syn: snatch up,
snap]
2 to make grasping motions; "the cat snatched at
the butterflies"
3 take away to an undisclosed location against
their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The
industrialist's son was kidnapped" [syn: kidnap, nobble, abduct]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /snætʃ/
- Rhymes with: -ætʃ
Verb
- To grasp quickly.
- He snatched up the phone.
- To grasp and remove
quickly.
- He snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.
- To steal.
- Someone has just snatched my purse!
- (by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.
- To do something quickly due to limited time available.
- He snatched a sandwich before catching the train.
- He snatched a look at her while her mother had her back turned.
- He snatched a sandwich before catching the train.
Translations
grasp quickly
grasp and remove
steal
snatch a victory
do quickly
Derived terms
Synonyms
- grab
- See
Noun
- A quick grab or catch.
- The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
- 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.
- I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
- A vagina.
- 1962, Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall,] Grove Press, page
83,
- 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?
- 1985, Jackie Collins,
Lucky,[http://books.google.com/books?id=PtP_s_0hps8C Simon and
Schuster, ISBN 0671524933, page 150,
- 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.
- 2008, Jim Craig, North to
Disaster,[http://books.google.com/books?id=1hCYuK-Fuc8C ] Bushak
Press, ISBN 0961711213, page 178,
- “You want me to ask Brandy to let you paint her naked body with all this gooey stuff to make a mold of her snatch?”
- 1962, Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall,] Grove Press, page
83,
Translations
A quick grab or catch
- Dutch: graai
A competitive weightlifting event
A piece of sound
A vagina
- Dutch: doos
Extensive Definition
Snatch may mean:
- Snatch (sexual slang), a term for the vagina.
- Snatch (film), a British gangster movie by director Guy Ritchie.
- Snatch theft, grab-and-run theft from a motorcycle, in Malaysia.
- Snatch, the name of the first chapter of Snatcher, a cyberpunk-themed adventure video game.
- Snatch (album), an album by Howie B.
- Snatch the dog, a series of books by author Sue Hall.
- Snatch, snatch-words, etc, other names for the word game Anagrams.
- Snatch (weightlifting), a weightlifting movement.
- Snatch Land Rover, used as protected transport vehicles by the British Army.
- Snatch, an older CIA term for the practice of rendition.
- Snatch, Punk Covers band based in Scarborough.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abduce,
abduct, abduction, abstract, and, annex, apprehension, appropriate, arrest, arrestation, badger, bag, bit, blackmail, bob, boost, borrow, butt, capture, carry away, carry off,
catch, catching, chip, chunk, clasp, clip, clipping, clutch, collaring, collop, cop, coup, crib, crimp, crumb, cut, cutting, defraud, deliver, desire, dollop, dragnet, embezzle, end, exact, extort, filch, flick, flip, flirt, flounce, force from, forcible
seizure, fragment,
get, gob, gobbet, grab, grab at, grabbing, grapple, grasp, hitch, hold, hold for ransom, hook, hunk, impress, jerk, jig, jigger, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jump at, kidnap, kidnapping, lay hold of, levy
blackmail, lift, lump, make off with, modicum, moiety, morsel, nab, nabbing, nail, nip, nip up, palm, paring, particle, picking up, piece, pilfer, pinch, pluck, poach, power grab, prehension, pry loose from,
purloin, rasher, remove, rend, rend from, rescue, rip, rip from, run away with,
running in, rustle,
sample, save, scoop, scrap, screw, scrounge, segment, seize, seizure, seizure of power, shake
down, shanghai,
shard, shaving, shiver, shoplift, shred, skyjack, slice, sliver, smithereen, snack, snake, snap up, snare, snatch at, snatch from,
snatching, snip, snippet, snitch, specimen, spirit away, splinter, squeeze, start, steal, stitch, stump, sudden pull, swindle, swipe, take, take hold of, taking in,
taking into custody, tatter, tear from, thieve, throttle, tweak, twitch, walk off with, whip up,
win, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring, wring from, yank, yerk