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Look up: snatch

  1. snatch
    [n] - a small fragment 2. [n] - a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion 3. [v] - to grasp hastily or eagerly 4. [v] - to make grasping motions
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Snatch
    Olympic lift where weight is lifted from floor to overhead, (with arms extended) in one continuous movement.
    Found on http://www.netfit.co.uk/glossary/fitness

  3. snatch
    the instant during parachute canopy deployment when the canopy first attains a speed equal to the speed of the forebody.This event terminates the canopy deployment and initiates its inflation Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Snatch
    Snatch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Snatched ; present participle & verbal noun Snatching .] [ Middle English snachen , snechen ; akin to Dutch snakken to gasp, to long (for), to desire. Confer Snack , noun , Sneck .] 1. To take or seize hastily, ab ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/131

  5. Snatch
    Snatch intransitive verb To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at ; as, to snatch at a rope.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/131

  6. Snatch
    Snatch noun 1. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly. 2. A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower. Tusser. « They move by fits and snatches Bp. Wilkins. 3. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap. « We have often little ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/131

  7. snatch
    noun a small fragment; `overheard snatches of their conversation`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Snatch
    `Snatch` may mean: * Snatch (sexual slang), a term for the vagina. * `Snatch (film)`, a British gangster movie by director Guy Ritchie. * Snatch theft, grab-and-run theft from a motorcycle, in Malaysia. * `Snatch`, the name of the first chapter of `Snatcher`, a cyberpunk-themed adventure video game. * `Snatch (album)`, an album by Howie B. * `Snatch the dog`, a series of books by author Sue Hall. * Snatch, snatch-words, etc, other names for the ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snatch

  9. Snatch
    • (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly. • (n.) A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap. • (n.) A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower. • (n.) To seize and transport away; to rap. • (n.) To take or seize hastily, abruptl...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  10. snatch
    (from the article `weight lifting`) From 1928 to 1968, the three international lifts were the snatch, the clean and jerk, and the press (or clean and press). In all lifts the barbell ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/114

  11. snatch
    1. a small fragment
    2. obscene terms for female genitals
    3. (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
    4. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
    5. the act of catching an object with the hands

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