snatch
noun
- 1
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
- 2
a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- 3
(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- 4
obscene terms for female genitals
- 5
a small fragment
overheard snatches of their conversation
verb
- 1
to make grasping motions
the cat snatched at the butterflies
- 2
to grasp hastily or eagerly
Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone
- 3
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
The industrialist's son was kidnapped
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