Synonyms for snatch

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : snach

Phonetic Transcription : snætʃ

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Définition of snatch

Origin : early 13c., "make a sudden snap or bite" (at something), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *snæccan or Middle Dutch snacken "to snatch, chatter." Cf. snack (n.). Meaning "lay hold of suddenly" is from early 14c.; especially "take from someone's hands" (1580s). Weight-lifting sense is attested from 1928. Related: Snatched; snatching.

noun small part
noun vagina (used offensively)
verb grab away

Example sentences :

Our pleasures are but the stolen moments we can snatch from its inattention.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Adams offered to snatch the gun out of his companion's hand.
Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding

I now think that to lie is, as it were, to snatch the reins out of God's hand.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

I might, unnoticed, of course, snatch a bun from its grasp now and then.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

Who is there among you, my friends, that may not snatch a brand from the burning!
Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor

They will snatch from us our just revenge and will arrest us all!
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

There are no lady passengers to snatch the coveted post from us.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

He starts, tries to conceal a book, but we snatch it from him.
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss

It did not occur to her to snatch off her hat and wave it, as little girls that belonged did.
Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

The butler made a snatch at it, but Captain Dan was too quick.
Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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