Antonyms for snatch
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : snach |
| Phonetic Transcription : snætʃ |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for snatch
- abduct
- beaver
- bit
- box
- catch
- cherry
- clap hands on
- clit
- clutch
- collar
- cunt
- fragment
- gain
- get fingers on
- grapple
- grasp
- grip
- jerk
- jump
- kidnap
- make off with
- muff
- nab
- nail
- piece
- pluck
- pudenda
- pull
- puss
- pussy
- rescue
- seize
- slit
- smattering
- snag
- snippet
- spell
- spirit away
- steal
- take
- twat
- vagina
- vulva
- win
- wrench
- wrest
- yank
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