snatch
English
/snætʃ/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
- (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
- (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- (transitive) To steal.
- (transitive) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
- (transitive) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English snacchen inherited from Old English snæċċan inherited from Proto-Germanic *snakkijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*snakkijaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- back English
- foresnatch English
- snatchable English
- snatchback English
- snatcher English
- snatchest English
- snatcheth English
- snatchily English
- snatchless English
- snatchy English
- upsnatch English
- schnacken German
- snakken Dutch, Flemish
- *snakkijaną Proto-Germanic
- *snæċċan, *snæccan Old English
- snæċċan Old English
- snacchen Middle English
- esnatser Cebuano
- snacken Middle Dutch
- isnatser Tagalog
- snacken Middle Low German
- snacken German Low German
- snacken Low German
- utsnacken Low German