snatch

Meanings

Verb

  • To grasp and remove quickly.
  • To attempt to seize something suddenly.
  • To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
  • To steal.
  • To take (a victory) at the last moment.
  • To do something quickly in the limited time available.

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Origin

  • From Middle English snacchen, snecchen, from Old English snæċċan, sneċċan, from Proto-Germanic *snakkijaną, *snakkōną; see *snūtaz.
  • Cognate with Dutch snakken, Low German snacken, German schnacken, Norwegian snakke. Related to snack.

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