Definitions
the act of catching an object with the hands
Word origin
From 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”).
Used in a sentence
“He snatched up the phone.”
“She snatched the letter out of the secretary's hand.”
“Snatch me to heaven.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Grab quickly”6 letters
02“Grab suddenly”6 letters
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