snatch
[verb]
Synonyms:
- seize, clutch, grab, grasp, grip
[noun]
Synonyms:
- bit, fragment, part, piece, snippet

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Related Words: jerk, wrench, yank, nip (up), whip (up)

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. snatch¹ /snætʃ/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1100-1200; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken; ⇒ snack²]

1. to take something away from someone with a quick, often violent, movement Synonym : grab:
The thief snatched her purse and ran.
snatch something away/back from somebody
Keith snatches toys away from the other children.

2. to take someone away from a person or place, especially by force:
Vargas was snatched from his home by two armed men.

3. to quickly get something, especially sleep or rest, because you do not have very much time Synonym : grab:
I managed to snatch an hour’s sleep on the train.
snatch at something phrasal verb
to quickly put out your hand to try to take or hold something:
Jessie snatched at the bag but I pulled it away.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. snatch² noun [countable]

1. a snatch of conversation/music/song etc a short part of a conversation, song etc that you hear:
I could hear snatches of the conversation from across the room.

2. in snatches for short periods:
I only slept in snatches during the night.

3. when someone quickly takes or steals something:
reports of a bag snatch

4. taboo informal a very offensive word for a woman’s sex organ. Do not use this word.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

snatch
noun
ADJ. brief
VERB + SNATCH catch, hear, overhear We caught snatches of conversation from the room next door.
hum, sing He was humming a snatch of a song from ‘Cabaret’.
PREP. in ~es She learnt to sleep in brief snatches.
PHRASES a snatch of conversation/music/song

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

snatch
verb
ADV. almost | quickly | away, up She leapt to her feet, snatching up her bag.
VERB + SNATCH try to
PREP. at He snatched at her arm as she walked past.
from She almost snatched the letter from my hand.

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