snatch
To grasp and remove quicklyTo grasp and remove quickly.
» Tom snatched the doll away from Mary.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 senses(transitive)To grasp and remove quickly.
He snatched up the phone.
She snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.
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хвата́тьxvatátʹ, схвати́тьsxvatítʹ, выхва́тыватьvyxvátyvatʹ
to grasp hastily or eagerly
(intransitive)To attempt to seize something suddenly.
to snatch at a rope
(transitive)To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
to snatch a kiss
1731-1735, Alexander Pope, Moral Essays when half our knowledge we must snatch, not take
(informal, transitive)To steal.
Someone has just snatched my purse!
klauen, stehlen
стащи́тьstaščítʹ
(broadly, figuratively, informal, transitive)To take (a victory) at the last moment.
(informal, transitive)To do something quickly in the limited time available.
He snatched a sandwich before catching the train.
He snatched a glimpse of her while her mother had her back turned.
Examples
87 sentencesTom snatched the doll away from Mary.
A boy snatched my purse as he rode by on his bicycle.
ruПарень стащил мою сумочку, проезжая мимо на велосипеде. — sonick_rnd
Tom snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
deDen Sieg schon zum Greifen nahe, erlitt Tom eine Niederlage. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
A skinhead snatched her hijab off.
Her child was snatched away from her.
ruУ неё украли ребёнка. — Selena777
deIhr Kind wurde ihr weggefangen. — Lajos_H
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English snacchen, snecchen (“to snap; seize”), from Old English *snæċċan, *sneFrom Middle English snacchen, snecchen (“to snap; seize”), from Old English *snæċċan, *sneċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *snakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *snakjaną (“to whiff, sniff, catch wind of; to taste-test, nibble”), related to Proto-Germanic *snakōną (“to breathe, blow, sigh”) and *snakkōną (“to blather, jabber, chatter”).
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Forms
snatches, snatching, snatched, snatchedSynonyms
76 synonymsWord family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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