Snatch
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of catching an object with the hands
"Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"
"He made a grab for the ball before it landed"
"Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"
"The infielder's snap and throw was a single motion"
(2) A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
(3) (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
(4) Obscene terms for female genitals
(5) A small fragment
"Overheard snatches of their conversation"
verb
(6) To make grasping motions
"The cat snatched at the butterflies"
(7) To grasp hastily or eagerly
"Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"
(8) Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
"The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To grasp quickly.
- He snatched up the phone.
- To grasp and remove quickly.
- He snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.
- To steal.
- Someone has just snatched my purse!
- (by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.
- To do something quickly due to limited time available.
- He snatched a sandwich before catching the train.
- He snatched a look at her while her mother had her back turned.
Noun
- A quick grab or catch.
- The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
- A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
- A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
- A vagina.
- 1962, Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall, Grove Press, page 83,
- Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch?
- 1985, Jackie Collins, Lucky, Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0671524933, page 150,
- Roughly Santino ripped the sheet from the bed, exposing all of her. She had blond hair on her snatch, which drove him crazy. He was partial to blondes.
- 2008, Jim Craig, North to Disaster, Bushak Press, ISBN 0961711213, page 178,
- “You want me to ask Brandy to let you paint her naked body with all this gooey stuff to make a mold of her snatch?”
- 1962, Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall, Grove Press, page 83,