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snatch

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snatch  \Snatch\,  n.  [Cf.  AS  sn[=i]?an  to  cut,  to  mow,  sn?d  a 
  bite,  bit  snip.] 
  The  handle  of  a  scythe;  a  snead.  [Variously  written  in 
  England  {snead},  {sneed},  {sneath},  {sneeth},  {snathe},  etc.; 
  in  Scotland  written  {sned}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snatch  \Snatch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Snatched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Snatching}.]  [OE.  snachen  snechen  akin  to  D.  snakken  to 
  gasp,  to  long  (for),  to  desire.  Cf  {Snack},  n.,  {Sneck}.] 
  1.  To  take  or  seize  hastily,  abruptly,  or  without  permission 
  or  ceremony;  as  to  snatch  a  loaf  or  a  kiss. 
 
  When  half  our  knowledge  we  must  snatch,  not  take 
  --Pope. 
 
  2.  To  seize  and  transport  away  to  rap.  ``Snatch  me  to 
  heaven.''  --Thomson. 
 
  Syn:  To  twitch;  pluck;  grab;  catch;  grasp;  gripe. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snatch  \Snatch\,  v.  i. 
  To  attempt  to  seize  something  suddenly;  to  catch;  --  often 
  with  at  as  to  snatch  at  a  rope. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snatch  \Snatch\,  n. 
  1.  A  hasty  catching  or  seizing;  a  grab;  a  catching  at  or 
  attempt  to  seize,  suddenly. 
 
  2.  A  short  period  of  vigorous  action  as  a  snatch  at  weeding 
  after  a  shower.  --Tusser. 
 
  They  move  by  fits  and  snatches.  --Bp.  Wilkins. 
 
  3.  A  small  piece,  fragment,  or  quantity;  a  broken  part  a 
  scrap. 
 
  We  have  often  little  snatches  of  sunshine. 
  --Spectator. 
 
  Leave  me  your  snatches,  and  yield  me  a  direct 
  answer.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snatch 
  n  1:  a  weightlift  in  which  the  barbell  is  lifted  overhead  in  one 
  rapid  motion 
  2:  the  act  of  catching  an  object  with  the  hands;  "Mays  made  the 
  catch  with  his  back  to  the  plate"  [syn:  {catch},  {grab},  {snap}] 
  v  1:  to  grasp  hastily  or  eagerly;  "Before  I  could  stop  him  the 
  dog  snatched  the  ham  bone"  [syn:  {snatch  up},  {snap}] 
  2:  to  make  grasping  motions;  "the  cat  snatched  at  the 
  butterflies" 
  3:  of  people  [syn:  {kidnap},  {nobble},  {abduct}]




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