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  • 11snatch|y — «SNACH ee», adjective. done or occurring in snatches; disconnected; irregular. –snatch´i|ly, adverb …

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  • 12snatch — index hijack, kidnap, poach, purloin, steal, trap Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13snatch — vb grasp, grab, clutch, seize, *take Analogous words: *catch, capture: *pull, drag, draw …

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  • 14snatch — ► VERB 1) seize quickly and deftly. 2) informal steal or kidnap by seizing suddenly. 3) quickly take when the chance presents itself: snatching a few hours sleep. ► NOUN 1) an act of snatching. 2) a fragment of music or talk. 3) …

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  • 15snatch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief VERB + SNATCH ▪ catch, hear, overhear ▪ We caught snatches of conversation from the room next door. ▪ …

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  • 16snatch — [[t]snæ̱tʃ[/t]] snatches, snatching, snatched 1) VERB If you snatch something or snatch at something, you take it or pull it away quickly. [V n prep] Mick snatched the cards from Archie s hand... [V n with adv] He snatched up the telephone... [V… …

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  • 17snatch —    1. a single act of copulation    Usually extramaritally. The derivation might be from any of several standard English meanings of snatch a snare, an entanglement, a hasty meal, a sudden jerk or merely from snatch2, the vagina. Shakespeare… …

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  • 18Snatch — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Snatch – Schweine und Diamanten Originaltitel Snatch. Produktionsland …

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  • 19snatch — 01. The young man [snatched] the woman s purse from her hands, and ran off down the street. 02. As soon as the telephone rang, he [snatched] up the receiver excitedly. 03. We were able to [snatch] a few hours sleep after our long flight, before… …

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  • 20snatch — snatch1 [snætʃ] v [T] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken; SNACK2] 1.) to take something away from someone with a quick, often violent, movement = ↑grab ▪ The thief snatched her purse and ran. snatch sth away/back from sb… …

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