snatch

snatch is a 6-letter English word with 15 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
2. noun. To seize and transport away; to rap.
3. intransitive verb. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
4. noun. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
5. noun. A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.
6. noun. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.
7. noun. The handle of a scythe; a snead.
8. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: catch, grab, snap

9. noun. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
10. noun. (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

    Synonyms: kidnapping

11. noun. obscene terms for female genitals

    Synonyms: cunt, puss, pussy, slit, twat

12. noun. a small fragment

    "overheard snatches of their conversation"

    Synonyms: bit

13. verb. to make grasping motions

    "the cat snatched at the butterflies"

14. verb. to grasp hastily or eagerly

    "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"

    Synonyms: snap

15. verb. take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

    "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

    Synonyms: abduct, kidnap, nobble

Synonyms

catch, grab, snap, kidnapping, cunt, puss, pussy, slit, twat, bit, abduct, kidnap, nobble

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in snatch:

chanst, chants, stanch

Common word forms

snatched, snatcher, snatches, snatching, snatchable

Words from these letters

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