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snatch

/snæt͡ʃ/noun, verb1 syllable

Snatch means: obscene terms for female genitals.

Synonyms for snatch23

noun, as in obscene terms for female genitals

cunt, puss, pussy, slit, twat

noun, as in the act of catching an object with the hands

catch, grab, snap

noun, as in a small fragment

bit

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

kidnapping

verb, as in take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

kidnap, nobble, abduct

verb, as in to grasp hastily or eagerly

snatch up, snap

also used for snatch

steal, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bash and grab, bone, boost, burgle

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What does snatch mean?8

noun

1

obscene terms for female genitals

2

the act of catching an object with the hands“Mays made the catch with his back to the plate”

3

a small fragment“overheard snatches of their conversation”

4

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

5

a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

verb

1

take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom“The industrialist's son was kidnapped”

2

to grasp hastily or eagerly“Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone”

3

to make grasping motions“the cat snatched at the butterflies”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with snatch?11

two syllables

dispatchattachrematchmismatch
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Snatch in a sentence

  • You have been snatched again, for the sixth time now.mervert1
  • Ziri snatched the kid away, got in his car and drove off.Amastan
  • Love is something that you can neither snatch away nor express.AlanF_US
  • You have to snatch at happiness when you can.unknown
  • He alone was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory!sundown
  • A hornbill could snatch around ten bats every evening.Amastan
  • Only he was capable of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory!sundown
  • Saburo snatched up all the snacks that were sitting on the table.CN

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Forms of snatch

as a noun

plural
snatches

as a verb

past tense
snatched
present participle
snatching
third-person singular
snatches
past participle
snatched