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snatch
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[ verb ] to grasp hastily or eagerly
Examples "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)If he snatches a toy , she says , `` Caroline wants her own truck just as you do '' . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)His broad flat fingers , petrified into massive sausages by years of bricklaying , snatched the bills clumsily . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)Watson snatched a deep breath . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)His hands snatched at an imaginary bucket , swooping down hard to grab it and coming_away with equal snap like a ball that 's been bounced hard . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)Also , when she had bitten_off half of the small radish , she found the suspense unbearable ; and she would snatch the finger held half of the radish out to where she could inspect it . |
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[ verb ] to make grasping motions
Examples "the cat snatched at the butterflies" Used in print (Glenn Infield, "America's Secret Poison Gas Tragedy"...)He snatched at it savagely . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
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[ noun ] (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
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[ noun ] the act of catching an object with the hands
Examples "Mays made the catch with his back to the plate" Related terms touch reception fair_catch rebound shoestring_catch mesh interception catch snap_up grab grab |
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