snatch

Meaning

Verb

1. To grasp and remove quickly.
2. To attempt to seize something suddenly.
3. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
4. (informal) To steal.
5. (informal) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
6. (informal) 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) 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. A brief period of exertion.
8. A catching of the voice.
9. A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
10. A quibble.

Synonyms

grab

seize

grasp

catch

snap

steal

nab

take

rob

wrest

kidnap

clutch

take by force

cunt

abduct

pussy

😺

scrap

plunder

twat

kidnapping

nobble

grapple

take away

capture

carry off

swoop

pull

robbery

pinch

confiscate

scramble for

snatch up

fragment

vie

compete

usurp

shred

bit

puss

sieze

apprehend

appropriate

arrest

bring

catch hold of

expropriate

get

grip

heist

hold

loot

pick up

piece

pluck

ransack

rapine

seizure

slit

tug

wrench

🔧

yank

jerk away

pounce on

take away by force

wrest something from someone

jerk

find

🔍

fanny

lead

lift

vie for

morsel

move

mug

mugging

extract

nip

export

notice

occupy

parcel

perceive

pick

⛏️

spoilation

cp

pillage

pillaging

etc.

pirate

give a shock

encounter

poach

post

pounce

pudendum

drive

draw

discern

raid

hold to ransom

rape

steal by force

ravish

ravishment

reave

rescue

retrieve

rifle

rip off

deprive

depredation

rolling

run

run across

run up against

rush

save

scald

score

cut

scraps

scratch

scrounge

section

segment

convey

tear from

set down

contend

glaum

smash

snack

snaffle

snag

clasp

spell

spoil

spoliation

clam

stick up

strike

cat

😺

carry away

take along

carry

take back

take hold

take hold of

take up

tatter

tear

tear off

trap

🪤

despoilation

captivate

twitch

cake

🍰

bite

swoop up

bereave

win to shock

bear away

cause to snatch

make off with

appropiate

pounce upon

prey upon

bar

attain

snatch away

attack

👊

struggle with

assault

cooche

catch a beating

grabbing

grapnel

get hold of

foray

catch a scolding

gripe

harry

heave

perform hastily

hijack

hit

consume hastily

hold up

hook

🪝

hunk

intercept

interception

itch

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, 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”), Norwegian snakke (“to chat”). Related to snack.