snatch

Definitions


[snatʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way
(e.g: she snatched a biscuit from the plate)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English sna(c)che (verb) ‘suddenly snap at’, (noun) ‘a snare’; perhaps related to snack


[snatʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of snatching or quickly seizing something
(e.g: a quick snatch of breath)

- the rapid raising of a weight from the floor to above the head in one movement

- a woman's genitals


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English sna(c)che (verb) ‘suddenly snap at’, (noun) ‘a snare’; perhaps related to snack




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