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
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2. Snatch
   Olympic lift where weight is lifted from floor to overhead, (with arms extended) in one continuous movement.
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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
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4. Snatch
   Snatch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Snatched ; present participle & verbal noun Snatching .] [ Middle English snachen , snechen ; akin to Dutch snakken
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5. Snatch
   Snatch intransitive verb To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at ; as, to snatch at a rope.
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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 sna...
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7. snatch
   noun a small fragment; `overheard snatches of their conversation`
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8. 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 ...
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9. 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 ...
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10. snatch
    
    • a small fragment
    • obscene terms for female genitals
    • (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
    • a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
    • the act of catching an object with the hands
    
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11. Snatch
    Snatch is slang for robbery.
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12. Snatch
    Snatch is slang for robbery.
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13. Snatch
    To jerk the reins sharply
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14. Snatch
    (film) `Snatch` is a crime film written and directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promot...
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15. Snatch
    (weightlifting) The `snatch` is one of the two olympic weightlifting events (the other being the clean and jerk). The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage (ty...
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