snatch
/snæt͡ʃ/ noun C2- A quick grab or catch. · The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
- A short period.
- 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.
- The vulva.
- Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
- A brief period of exertion.
- A catching of the voice.
Plural snatches
From the library
The next day he attempted to snatch a lamb from the fold, but he himself fell prey to the huntsmen and hounds.
“What would you feel like if a white thing did snatch me up and carry me off?”
Some of ye are eaters of cattle, and of others I have heard that, under Shere Khan’s teaching, ye go by dark night and snatch children from the villager’s doorstep.
“_That_ you won’t!” thought Alice, and, after waiting till she fancied she heard the Rabbit just under the window, she suddenly spread out her hand, and made a snatch in the air.
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