Meaning of Snatch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A quick grab or catch.
2. A short period.
3. A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
4. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
5. The vulva.
   slang, vulgar
6. Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
7. A brief period of exertion.
   dated
8. A catching of the voice.
   dated
9. A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
   dated
10. A quibble.
    dated

Equivalents

Examples

“The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.”

“And he […] glared on the cold pistols that hung before him—ready for anything. And he took down one with a snatch and weighed it in his hand, and fell to thinking again; […]”

“At the end we preferred to travel all night, Sleeping in snatches,”

“Frank looked at the screens dully. He had slept about three hours, in snatches.”

“I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.”

“But, purgatory as the place would appear, the stranger advances into it; and, like Orpheus in his gay descent to Tartarus, lightly hums to himself an opera snatch.”

“Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch?”

“Roughly Santino ripped the sheet from the bed, exposing all of her. She had blond hair on her snatch, which drove him crazy. He was partial to blondes.”

“Dan: Hey, Ani, I found my keys! They were in my pocket. Ani: That's great, Dan! Of course, I've never lost mine. Dan: Really? Where do you keep yours? Ani: In my snatch!”

““[…]You want me to ask Brandy to let you paint her naked body with all this gooey stuff to make a mold of her snatch?””

“If, after the pilot notices the overspeed, he deploys the spoilers, or if aileron "snatch" rolls the airplane to an excessive bank angle, it may become impossible to recover.”

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