snatch

snatch
I UK [snætʃ] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "snatch":
present tense I/you/we/they snatch he/she/it snatches present participle snatching past tense snatched past participle snatched
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1) to pull or take something away quickly

Her brother snatched the letter and tore it open.

Katherine angrily snatched her hand out of his grasp.

a) to quickly steal something from someone

Someone snatched my bag on the train.

b) to quickly take a person away, usually by force

A newborn baby was snatched from a hospital ward.

2) to quickly take the opportunity to do something

They managed to snatch a few hours' sleep.

I snatched a glance at my watch.

3) to manage to get something that you almost did not get

They snatched victory with a goal in the last minute.


II UK [snætʃ] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "snatch":
singular snatch plural snatches
1)
a) a short piece of something that you hear
snatch of:

a few snatches of conversation

b) a short period of time when you manage to do something such as sleep

She slept in snatches through the day.

2) mainly journalism an act of stealing something or of taking someone away by force
3) offensive an offensive word for a woman's vagina (= sex organ)

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