English to English
noun
- a small fragment
Overheard snatches of their conversation.
source: WordNet 3.0
- obscene terms for female genitals
source: WordNet 3.0
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
source: WordNet 3.0
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of catching an object with the hands
Mays made the catch with his back to the plate.
He made a grab for the ball before it landed.
Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away.
The infielder's snap and throw was a single motion.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone.
source: WordNet 3.0
- to make grasping motions
The cat snatched at the butterflies.
source: WordNet 3.0
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
The industrialist's son was kidnapped.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
source: Webster 1913
- To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [snátch] Pag-agaw; pangangagaw; agawán
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [snátch] Umagaw; mangagaw
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
