snatch

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
2. (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
3. (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
4. (informal, transitive) To steal.
5. (broadly, figuratively, informal, transitive) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
6. (informal, transitive) To do something quickly in the limited time available.

Noun

1. A quick grab or catch.
2. A short period.
3. A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
4. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
5. (slang, vulgar) The vulva.
6. Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
7. (dated) A brief period of exertion.
8. (dated) A catching of the voice.
9. (dated) A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
10. (dated) A quibble.

Synonyms

grab

seize

grasp

catch

snap

steal

nab

take

rob

wrest

kidnap

clutch

take by force

pussy

😺

cunt

abduct

scrap

plunder

twat

kidnapping

capture

swoop

grapple

robbery

pinch

pull

nobble

carry off

take away

shred

confiscate

compete

puss

fragment

bit

vie

usurp

scramble for

snatch up

slit

appropriate

bring

seizure

get

arrest

ransack

pluck

catch hold of

rapine

expropriate

Translations

greifen

saisir

arrebatar

afferrare

happer

grijpen

arracher

enlever

klauen

empoigner

haschen

schnappen

afpakken

ergreifen

chatte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/snæt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: snacchen

Inherited from Old English: *snæċċan

Cognate with Dutch: snakken

Cognate with Low German: snacken

Cognate with German: schnacken

Cognate with Norwegian: snakke

In summary

From Middle English snacchen, snecchen, from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan or from Middle Dutch snacken, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkijan, from Proto-Germanic *snakkijaną, *snakkōną (“to nibble, snort, chatter”); see *snūtaz (“snout”).
Cognate with Dutch snakken (“to sob, pant, long for”), Low German snacken (“to chatter”), German schnacken (“to chat”), Danish snakke (“to chat”) and Norwegian snakke (“to chat”). Related to snack.