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snatching

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snatch  \Snatch\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Snatched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Snatching}.]  [OE.  snachen  snechen  akin  to  D.  snakken  to 
  gasp,  to  long  (for),  to  desire.  Cf  {Snack},  n.,  {Sneck}.] 
  1.  To  take  or  seize  hastily,  abruptly,  or  without  permission 
  or  ceremony;  as  to  snatch  a  loaf  or  a  kiss. 
 
  When  half  our  knowledge  we  must  snatch,  not  take 
  --Pope. 
 
  2.  To  seize  and  transport  away  to  rap.  ``Snatch  me  to 
  heaven.''  --Thomson. 
 
  Syn:  To  twitch;  pluck;  grab;  catch;  grasp;  gripe.




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