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Definition: Snatch Up |
Snatch UpVerb1. To grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Snatch UpSynonyms: snap (v), snatch (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Snatch Up |
| English words defined with "snatch up": Upsnatch. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | What appears as a bird's head, leaning over to snatch up a tasty meal, is a striking example ... Credit: NASA. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
snatch up | 4 |
close snatch up | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "snatch up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | vykoupit (ransom, recover, redeem), popadnout (get hold of, grab, grasp, grip, seize, snatch, tackle, whip up), polapit (ensnare, entrap, snap up). (various references) | |
German | schnappen (catch, cope, grab, lift, nab, Nick, pick up, snap, spring up, swoop, whip up), zusammenraffen (amass, bundle together, bundle up, gather up, muster up, snatch, summon up, sweep up, to snatch, to snatch up), aufraffen (gather up, pull oneself together). (various references) | |
Hungarian | hirtelen felkap (to snatch up), felragad (to snatch up, to swoop). (various references) | |
Italian | raccogliere in fretta, afferrare (apprehend, catch, clutch, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, Nick, penetrate, seize, snap up, snatch, tackle, take). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atchsnay upay.(various references) | |
Spanish | agarrar (catch, catch hold of, clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hold, hold tight, lay hold of, lift, nail, pack, pinch, seize, tackle, take, take on, touch). (various references) | |
Swedish | uppsnappa (intercept). (various references) | |
Turkish | kapmak (catch, clutch, dispossess, grab, grasp, imbibe, nab, poach, scoop up, seize, shut, shut in, snap up, snatch, swoop up, twitch, whip, whip away, whip from). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розкупати. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | corripio. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-n-p-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: canthus, chaunts, staunch. | |
-2 letters: cantus, catsup, chants, chaunt, cushat, haunts, nautch, paunch, putsch, snatch, stanch, uncaps, unhats, upcast. | |
-3 letters: aunts, canst, cants, caphs, caput, chant, chaps, chapt, chats, hants, haunt, hunts, natch, nucha, pacts, pants, patch, paths, phuts, punas, punch, punts, sauch, scant, scaup, scuta, shunt, snath, sputa, staph, stupa, tachs, tunas, unapt. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-h-n-p-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: paunchiest, postlaunch. | |
+4 letters: thunderclaps. | |
+5 letters: custodianship, haruspication, unsympathetic. | |
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