Word a Day
snatch
What does snatch mean?
snatch (verb): to take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use snatch in a sentence?
- Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce snatch?
/snætʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does snatch come from?
From Middle English snacchen, snecchen (“to snap; seize”), from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to snatch
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “snatch” mean?
to look at and interpret letters or other information that is written
Not quite: that's what read means.
to move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground
Not quite: that's what rise means.
to take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony
Right! That's what “snatch” means.
to move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music
Not quite: that's what dance means.
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