Snatch

Definition: Snatch

Snatch

Noun

1. A small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation".

2. Obscene terms for female genitals.

3. (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.

4. A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion.

5. The act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate".

Verb

1. To grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone".

2. To make grasping motions; "the cat snatched at the butterflies".

3. Of people.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "snatch" was first used: 12th century. (references)

Slang

Sports & Leisure

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SNATCH

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Snatch

Beauty

Snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.

Cunning

Verb: be cunning; Adjective: have cut one's eyeteeth; contrive; (plan); live by one's wits; maneuver; intrigue, gerrymander, finesse, double, temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter, circumvent, steal a march upon; overreach; throw off one's guard; surprise; snatch a verdict; waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge; play a deep game, play tricks with; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces; flatter, make things pleasant; have an ax to grind.

Deception

Impose upon, practice upon, play upon, put upon, palm off on, palm upon, foist upon; snatch a verdict; bluff off, bluff; bunko, four flush, gum, spoof, stuff (a ballot box).

Deliverance

Verb: deliver, extricate, rescue, save, emancipate, redeem, ransom; bring off,bring through; tirer d'affaire, get the wheel out of the rut, snatch from the jaws of death, come to the rescue; rid; retrieve; (restore); be rid of, get rid of.

Knowledge

Phrase: one's eyes being opened; (disclosure); ompredre tout c'est tout pardonner; empta dolore docet experientia;gr/gnothi seauton/gr "half our knowledge we must snatch not take"; Jahre lehren mehr als Bucher; "knowledge comes but wisdom lingers"; "knowledge is power"; les affaires font les hommes; nec scire fas est omnia; "the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds"; was ich nicht weiss macht mich nicht heiss.

Pursuit

Rush upon; rush headlong; (violence) ride full tilt at, run full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at, snatch at run down; start game.

Smallness

Small quan modicum, trace, hint, minimum; vanishing point; material point, atom, particle, molecule, corpuscle, point, speck, dot, mote, jot, iota, ace; minutiae, details; look, thought, idea, soupcon, dab, dight, whit, tittle, shade, shadow; spark, scintilla, gleam; touch, cast; grain, scruple, granule, globule, minim, sup, sip, sop, spice, drop, droplet, sprinkling, dash, morceau, screed, smack, tinge, tincture; inch, patch, scantling, tatter, cantlet, flitter, gobbet, mite, bit, morsel, crumb, seed, fritter, shive; snip, snippet; snick, snack, snatch, slip, scrag; chip, chipping; shiver, sliver, driblet, clipping, paring, shaving, hair.

Taking

Take from, take away from; disseize; deduct; retrench; (curtail); dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp; tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from; extort; deprive of, bereave; disinherit, cut off with a shilling.

Take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave.

Catch at, jump at, make a grab at, snap at, snatch at; reach, make a long arm, stretch forth one's hand.

Crosswords: Snatch

I call him Gamblor, and it's time to snatch your mother from his neon claws (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

If we're no more than animals, we must snatch each little scrap of happiness and live and suffer and pass, mattering no more than all the other animals do or have done (Things to Come; writing credit: H.G. Wells)

Quickly as you can, snatch the pebble from my hand (Kung Fu; writing credit: Howard Friedlander; Bruce Lee)

You eye me one more time I'll snatch it out and put it in Heathcoat's cookie bag (Major Payne; writing credit: Joe Connelly; Bob Mosher)

I can snatch a little purity (Loves Me Like a Rock; performing artist: Paul Simon; writing credit: Paul Simon)

Snatch the wax (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince)

The Big Snatch (1968)

Operation Snatch (1962)

Afro-Centrix Volume 42: Black Snatch Fever (1998)

Black Snatch Fever (1995)

To Snatch a Thief (1989)

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Books

• Snakes That Squeeze and Snatch (Stone, Lynn M. Eye to Eye With Snakes.) (reference)

• Snatch (reference)

• Snatch an eye (reference)

• Spider Snatch (reference)

• The Big Smith Snatch (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Snatch (Special Edition) (reference)

• Snatch (Superbit Deluxe Collection) (reference)

• Snatch (reference)

• Snatch. (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Snatch (reference)

• Snatch (2001 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Ma reached to snatch the hand away, and quickly restrained herself

I remember a thrush had the confidence to snatch out of my hand with his bill a piece of cake that Glumdalclitch had just given me for my breakfast

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Travel

Kenya

Thieves routinely snatch jewelry and other objects from open vehicle windows while motorists are either stopped at traffic lights or in heavy traffic. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "snatch": snatch a grace beyond the reach of art ♦ snatch a meal ♦ snatch a transient look at ♦ snatch at ♦ snatch at run down ♦ snatch away ♦ snatch away from ♦ snatch block ♦ snatch from ♦ snatch off ♦ snatch some rest ♦ snatch up. Additional references.

Beginning with "snatch": snatch-and-go, snatch-free, snatch-proof, snatch-purse, snatch-shot, snatch-squads.

Ending with "snatch": baby-snatch, bag-snatch, land-snatch, mug-and-snatch.

Albanian

rrokje (grasp, grip, gripe, syllable), rrok (catch, grasp, grip, gripe, raw), mbërthej (brace, clasp, clench, clip, clutch, corner, do up, enchain, fasten, grip, hold, hook, hook up, make fast, nab, paw, peg, seize), kapje (apprehension, arrest, attachment, catch, catchment, clasp, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hitch, hold, holding, hook, hug, interception, jaw, prehension, purchase, recapture, seizing, uptake), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, catch up, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نتفة, ‏وقفذ على, ‏خطف ولد, ‏إنتزع (conquer, draw, exact, extort, extract, get smth. off one's hands, grab, swagger, tear, tear out, twitch, wrest, wring, yank), ‏إستولى (annex, appropriate, be purchased, capture, carry, collar, jump, latch, possess, requisition, seize, take, take up), ‏إختلس (embezzle, misappropriate, palm, purloin, rob, scrounge, siphon, snaffle, snitch, steal, subtilize), ‏إختطف (grab), ‏إرتاح قليلا, ‏أكل بسرعة, ‏شرب عل عجل. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сграбчване (clutch, grab, grasp), сграбчвам (catch hold of, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, hog, lay hold of, nab, nip, seize, swoop), кратък период (streak), грабване, грабвам (catch up, grab, nip, snap up, steal away, take off, waltz off with, whip away, whip off, whip up, whisk), отскубвам (pluck off, pull up, tear out), откъс (excerpt, excerption, extract, fragment, passage, segment), открадвам (kidnap, make away with, nip, nobble, pick, pinch, pull, purloin, run away with, steal, walk away with, walk off with), отвличане (abduction, abstraction, distraction, hijack, kidnapping, rape, ravishment, revulsion), отнасям (blow away, carry away, number, relate, subsume, take away, take off, walk away with, wash away, whiffle, whip off), лека закуска (refection), посягане (entrenchment), похапване (light meal, refection, snack), парче (bar, bit, cake, catch, cob, cut, cutting, dollop, fragment, lump, patch, piece, portion, scrap, section, slice, slip, slipping, splint, splinter), изтръгвам (elicit, extort, get, milk, pull out, rip out, root from, tear out, uproot, wrench, wrest, yank). (various references)

Chinese 

扒 (climb, cling to, crawl, dig up, hold on to, pull, push aside, rake, to strip), 奪取 , 奪 (rob), 夺取 (Captured, Capturing, seizure). (various references)

Czech

schlamstnout, unést (abduct, bear, kidnap, ravish, run away, spirit away, swoop), ulovit (bag, catch, sniggle), uloupit, popadnutí, popadnout (get hold of, grab, grasp, grip, seize, snatch up, tackle, whip up), chytnutí, chòapnutí (snap), chòapnout (nab), úryvek (catch, part, scrap), úlomek (chip, fragment, splinter). (various references)

Danish

linestrækning (line stretch). (various references)

Dutch

lijnstrekking (line stretch). (various references)

Farsi 

مقدارکم (Modicum, Morsel, Smidgen, Spatter), قاپیدن (Grab, Grasp, Nab, Nail, Pinch, Raven, Ravish, Seize, Snap), قاپ زنی , گرفتن (Capture, Catch, Cease, Circle, Detract, Devest, Educe, Engage, Front, Grab, Gripe, Hold, Kindle, Nail, Obtain, Obturate, Pickup, Take, Wed), جزءی (Immaterial, Imperceptible, Inappreciative, Inconsiderable, Inconspicuous, Little, Minuscule, Minute, Negligible, Nip, Nominal, Paltry, Partial, Peppercorn, Petty, Piddling, Remote, Retail, Rush, Small, Trivial, Vain), ربودن (Abduct, Abstract, Bag, Betake, Get, Grab, Hook, Purloin, Ravish, Reave, Rob, Steal, Usurp), ربودگی , ربایش (Grab, Rapture, Seizure), بردن (Abstract, Bear, Carry, Conduct, Convey, Drive, Horse, Lead, Pack, Port, Portage, Propel, Remove, Steer, Take, Transport, Win). (various references)

Finnish

siepata (abduct, catch, grab, intercept, kidnap, lay hold of, seize), tempaus (drive, jerk, pull), tarttua (be contagious, be infectious, be transmitted, bite, catch, catch hold of, clutch, get stuck, grab, grasp, grip, lodge, seize, stick), riuhtaista (jerk), punosten kiristyminen (line stretch), koukata (hook, outflank), kiskaista. (various references)

French

s'emparer de, sauter sur (snap up), saisir, rotation brusque du volant, mouvement brusque du volant, fragment (snippet), enlever, enlèvement (snap, snatching), dérober, avaler à la hâte, arracher, ancrage. (various references)

German

greifen (bite, catch, clasp, clutch, grab, grasp, grip, grope, hold, reach, seize, span, strike, take hold of, to snatch). (various references)

Greek 

αρπάζω (catch, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, gripe, nab, poach, rape, ravish, rifle, scrounge, seize, snap, spoil, tear from). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתפוס (apprehand, catch, cop, grasp, lay hold of, nab, occupy, seize, take), לקטוע (ablate, cut off), לחטוף (grab, seize, swoop, whip, wrest), תפיסה (apprehension, capture, cop, grasp, hold, occupation, outlook, perception, seizure), הנפה (heave, leverage, lifting, waving). (various references)

Hungarian

töredék (fraction, fragment, rump, scrap, snippet, splintering), odakapás, kis időköz, foszlány (rag, shred, tatters, waft, whiff). (various references)

Indonesian

merenggut (tug, tweak), menyabet (grab), menggaet (hook, rake in), mencaplok (annex, gulp down), betot. (various references)

Irish

sciob. (various references)

Italian

strappare con violenza, strappare (extort, extract, get torn, pluck, pull off, rend, rip, rip off, Rive, shred, snatch away, split, strip, tear, tear off, tug, wrench, wrest, yank), urto di stiramento (line stretch), rubare (abstract, heist, lift, maraud, Nick, pinch, purloin, rape, rob, rustle, steal, stolen, swipe, take, thieve), riuscire (be, be able, be clever at, be good at, be successful, click, come out, go out again, manage, pan out, result, succeed, to manage), rapimento (abduction, kidnapping, rapture), presa (bite, capture, catching, clam, clamp, clutch, grab, grasp, grip, hand-grip, hold, holdfast, intake, mesh, outlet, pinch, purchase, seizing, seizure, taking, tap), pezzo (bit, chunk, gobbets, hunk, length, lump, part, piece, play, portion, ration, scrap, section, slab, slice, smack, smacker, snap, stump), intervallo (break, gap, interlude, intermission, Interspace, interval, lapse, range, recess, space, span, spell, time lag), furto (abstraction, larceny, pinch, robbery, search, stealing, theft, thieving), cogliere (catch, cull, gather, get, hit, Nick, overtake, pick, pick off, pluck, take), carpire (cheat, do out of, extort), brano (bit, passage, piece, shred), afferrare (apprehend, catch, clutch, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, Nick, penetrate, seize, snap up, snatch up, tackle, take). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

スナック麺 (circlip, snack noodle, snake, snake dance, snakeskin, snap, snap ring, snapshot, sneak in, sneak out, sneak preview, sneaker, snob, snobbism, snooker, snoopy, snorkel, snow, snow boat, snow gun, snow mobile, snow surfing, snow tire, spark, spark plug, sparkling wine, sparring, sparring partner, spatula, sperm bank, spice, spider, spike, spike heel, spiked shoes, spiker, spiky cut, spiral, spurt, spy, studded snow tire). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

スナッチ . (various references)

Korean 

강탈 (Robbing). (various references)

Manx

greimmey (adhere, adherence, adherence of person, adhesion, attach, bite, bite off, catch, clutch, fishing tackle, grab, grasp, grip, gripping, hold, jam, lock in, monopolization, nab, pin on, seize, seizing, snap, snatch away, snatching, stick, stitch, stitch up, tooth), greim (bit, bite, catch, clutch, commissure, gobbet, grab, grasp, grip, handhold, hold, monopolize, morsel, piece, snap, tack, tack needlework), glackey (adopt, adopt as report, apprehension, buckle, catch, catch out, clutch, holdfast, input, reception, seize, shoot, shot). (various references)

Pig Latin

atchsnay.(various references)

Portuguese

tracção (line stretch, pulling, traction), refeição ligeira (bite), pedaço incompleto, fragmento (cantle, catch, crumb, end, fraction, fragmemt, fragment, fritter, lump, part, patch, piece, scrap, shatter, shiver, snippet, tear), estender a mão para, despachar rapidamente, breve período, breve intervalo, breve espaço de tempo (span), bocado (bit, bite, cantle, chip, dollop, fragment, gob, gobbet, lump, morsel, mouthful, piece, portion, scrap, shiver, slice, smack, snip, sprinkle), ato de agarrar, arrebatar (carry away, claw, enrage, enrapture, entrance, force, grab, overjoy, ravish, swoop, take, thrill, transport), apanhar (bag, capture, catch, cop, gather, get a beating, grab, grapple, nab, pick, pick off, pick up, reach for, rustle, seize, shovel, strike, swoop, take, take a beating, take up), agarrar subitamente. (various references)

Romanian

smulge (carry away, draw out, elicit, extirpate, extort, pick off, pull, pull up, rend away, rend off, Rive, squeeze, tear out, uproot, worm out of, wrest, wring, yank), perioadã scurtã (while), lua (acquire, assume, assume a name, book, bring, catch, clasp, clear away, confiscate, conquer, contact, contract, draw, extract, finger, form, get, have, hire, interpret, jerk off, keep off, lay hands on, lay hold of, load, Mount, nim, pick, pick up, pocket, pouch, receive, start, take), fragment (chip, excerpt, extract, fragment, ort, passage, piece, portion, scrap, sketch), frânturã (bit, fragment, iota, splinter), apucare (bout, catch, clutch, grab, grapnel, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, hug, nip, pluck, prehension, purchase, seizing, seizure), apuca (apprehend, captivate, capture, catch, clutch, comprehend, experience, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, nab, nip, pull up, seize, snap, take), înşfãcare (grab, grasp), înşfãca (get hold of, grab, grasp, gripe, nab, nail, snap). (various references)

Russian 

схватить (capture, catch, clutch, get, get hold of, grapple, gripe, nab, nail, nip, seize, snap up, tackle), урвать, рывок (burst of energy, dash, shoot, spurt, start, tug, yank), хвататься (clutch), хватать (paw, suffice), обрывок (rag). (various references)

Scottish

spiol (bite, nibble, pull asunder), spìon (pluck up, tear away), siolc, sgob (pluck, sting), tiolp (grasp suddenly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zgrabiti (grab, hog it, scoop, scoop up, snatch at), trznuti se (jerk), trzaj (hitch, jerk, lunge, lurch, start, tug, twitch, wince, wrench, yank), kidnapovanje (hi-jacking, kidnaping, kidnapping), grabež (despoilment), ščepati (clutch, grab, grasp, lay hold, nab, snap, snap at, snap up, whip up). (various references)

Spanish

trocito (bit, Cantel), robo con (grab, pilfering, pinch), robar a (pilfer, purloin, ravish), coño (canaille, Fanny), asir (captivate, capture, catch, catch at, catch in, catch up, clench, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, seize, tackle, take, touch), arrebatimiento, arrebatar (blow off, carry away, enrapture, exhilarate, grab, panic, snatch away, take, touch, whip away, whip up, wrest), arrebatamiento, arrastre (pull), arrancada (burst of speed). (various references)

Swedish

rycka till sig (nab), ryck (fit, flip, hitch, jerk, judder, lug, pull, start, tug, twich, twitch, whim, yank). (various references)

Thai

ช่วงเวลาสั้นๆ (momentariness), การฉกฉวย, คว้าโอกาส, คว้า (cop, grab). (various references)

Turkish

kapışmak (claw, scramble for, take on), çok kısa süren şey, am (Fanny, female genital organ, quim), an (flash, instant, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, point, second, span, split second, trice, wink), cinsel ilişki (act, carnal knowledge, commerce, intimacy, it, screw, sex, sexual act, sexual intercourse, shot, trick), fırsattan istifade etmek (make hay while the sun shines), ilişkiye girme, kısa süre (piece, short notice, short time, span, spell, streak), çabucak yapmak, kadın cinsel organı (pudenda, quim), zorla almak (exact, extort, grab, rape, reave, Rob, squeeze, usurp, wrench, wrench smth. away from smb., wrench smth. from smb., wrest, wring), kapma (catching, contraction, grab, grabbing, snatching), kapmak (catch, clutch, dispossess, grab, grasp, imbibe, nab, poach, scoop up, seize, shut, shut in, snap up, snatch up, swoop up, twitch, whip, whip away, whip from), koparmada kaldırmak, koparmak (break, break off, cozen, cut off, deflorate, deflower, dissever, extort, pick, pick off, pluck, pry, pull off, rend, rip, rip off, Rive, rupture, snap, snap off, snatch away from, snatch from, sunder, take apart, tear, tear away, tear off, tear out, unstick, work, wring), kuku (cuckoo, Fanny, quim), parça (attachment, batch, bit, cake, Cantle, component, cut, dribblet, driblet, fraction, fragment, gobbet, item, lump, moiety, morsel, part, passage, patch, piece, portion, scrap, segment, shred, tool), yakalama (catch, clutch, interception, seizure), yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, clutch, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nobble, overtake, pinch, pull up to, seize, seize on, snap up, tackle, take, take up, trap), kaçırmak (abduct, blow, chill, exude, flush, give off, hijack, kidnap, ladder, let escape, let slip, lose, make off with, Miss, ooze, pass up, put off, rape, ravish, shuffle, slip, spirit away, spoil, whisk). (various references)

Turkmen 

penjelemek (scuffle). (various references)

Ukrainian

уривок (excerpt, passage), ухопитися (clutch, pounce, seize on, seize upon, snap), скористатися (avail oneself of, improve, partake, profit), хапати (click, grab, grabble, grasp, seize, sick, snap, swoop, tackle, take), хапання (prehension), момент (article, breath, breathing, moment, point, time). (various references)

Vietnamese 

một lúc (awhile, eye-wink, second), khúc thời gian ngắn, cái nắm lấy. (various references)

Welsh

ysglyfio (prey on), cipio, cip (pluck), caffio (grapple), achub (rescue, save, seize). (various references)

prehendo, rapere, raperent, rapiant, rapias, rapiat, rapiatur, rapiebat, rapiemur, rapiens, rapient, rapientem, rapientes, rapientis, rapiet, rapietur, rapio, rapio rapui ratum, rapio, rapui, ratum, rapit, rapite, rapitur, rapiunt, rapta, raptam, rapti, raptis, rapto, raptus, rapueram, rapuerant, rapuerat, rapuerit, rapuerunt, rapui, rapuissent, rapuit. (various references)

snacken. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "snatch": snatched, snatcher, snatchers, snatches, snatchier, snatchiest, snatching, snatchy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Snatch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: saaach, sanch, santschii, satch, Senpachi, sknitch, snach, snartch, snatchy, snath, snoch, snotch, snoth, snutch, snuth, spatch. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: chants, stanch.

-1 letter: canst, cants, chant, chats, hants, natch, scant, snath, tachs.

-2 letters: acts, ants, cans, cant, cash, cast, cats, chat, hant, hast, hats, scan, scat, tach, tans, than.

-3 letters: act, ant, ash, can, cat, has, hat, nah, nth, sac, sat, sha, tan, tas.

-4 letters: ah, an, as, at, ha, na, sh, ta.

+1 letter: canthus, chasten, chaunts, snatchy, staunch.

+2 letters: acanthus, asthenic, chanters, chanteys, chanties, chantors, chastens, chitosan, enchants, etchants, jacinths, manchets, nautches, scathing, snatched, snatcher, snatches, stanched, stancher, stanches, stanchly, tachyons, tranches, unchaste.

+3 letters: anarchist, anchorets, anthraces, antishock, asthenics, bacchants, cantharis, catechins, cathepsin, ceanothus, cenotaphs, chanciest, chantages, chanteuse, chantries, chastened, chastener, chaunters, chitosans, ethicians, ethnarchs, handcarts, hatchings, hesitance, hesitancy, hoactzins, hyacinths, jacinthes, katchinas, machinist, macintosh, mechanist, merchants, nightcaps, penchants, pentarchs, planchets, snatchers, snatchier, snatching, stanchers, stanchest, stanching, stanchion, starching, staunched, stauncher, staunches, staunchly, stonechat, switchman, sycophant, tachinids, teachings, thinclads, trichinas, unlatches, unscathed, unteaches, whinchats, yachtings, yachtsman, yachtsmen.