Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Scotland, transitive)To snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.

  2. (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive)To steal; snatch.

  3. (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive)To rob (a person).

Origin

Blend of snap + nam (“to seize, grab; chew, eat greedily”).

Blend of snap + nam (“to seize, grab; chew, eat greedily”).

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Forms

snams, snamming, snammed, snammed
Base formsnam · to snam
3rd person singularsnams
Present participlesnamming
Past simplesnammed
Past participlesnammed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysnam
he, she, itsnams

Past simpleLesson

all personssnammed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave snammed
he, she, ithas snammed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill snam

Word family

3 related words
Relatednimnimblenom

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snailC1snakeA1snakessnapB2
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