snatch-and-grab

snatch-and-grab
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  • Snatch — may mean: * Snatch (sexual slang), a term for the vagina. * Snatch (film), a British gangster movie by director Guy Ritchie. * Snatch theft, grab and run theft from a motorcycle, in Malaysia. * Snatch , the name of the first chapter of Snatcher …   Wikipedia

  • grab — grab1 W3S3 [græb] v past tense and past participle grabbed present participle grabbing [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(with your hand)¦ 2¦(food/sleep)¦ 3¦(get something for yourself)¦ 4¦(chance/opportunity)¦ 5¦(get attention)¦ 6 how does something grab you? …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Snatch — Snatch, n. 1. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly. [1913 Webster] 2. A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower. Tusser. [1913 Webster] They move by fits and snatches.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • grab — [grab] vt. grabbed, grabbing [prob. < MDu grabben, akin to ON grapa, GRASP < IE base * ghrebh > Sans grabh , to seize] 1. to seize or snatch suddenly; take roughly and quickly 2. to get possession of by unscrupulous methods ☆ 3. Slang to …   English World dictionary

  • List of number-one rhythm and blues hits (United States) — Listed here are Billboard magazine s number one rhythm and blues hits from 1942 ndash;1959.Note: From June 22 1948 to October 13 1958, multiple charts (usually jukebox, DJ, and sales charts) were used, which explains the overlap in the dates of… …   Wikipedia

  • grab — /græb / (say grab) verb (t) (grabbed, grabbing) 1. to seize suddenly and eagerly; snatch. 2. to take illegal possession of; seize forcibly or unscrupulously: to grab land. 3. Colloquial to affect; impress: how does that grab you? 4. Colloquial to …  

  • snatch — snatch1 [snætʃ] v [T] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken; SNACK2] 1.) to take something away from someone with a quick, often violent, movement = ↑grab ▪ The thief snatched her purse and ran. snatch sth away/back from sb… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • grab — grab1 grabbable, adj. /grab/, v., grabbed, grabbing, n. v.t. 1. to seize suddenly or quickly; snatch; clutch: He grabbed me by the collar. 2. to take illegal possession of; seize forcibly or unscrupulously: to grab land. 3. to obtain and consume… …   Universalium

  • grab — 1. verb /ɡɹæb/ a) to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something) Ill just grab my jacket, said Manh Hung. b) to restrain someone; to arrest Hardly believing that Rafe actually planned to relax for a while, Kate nodded. All right.… …   Wiktionary

  • snatch — Synonyms and related words: abduce, abduct, abduction, abstract, and, annex, apprehension, appropriate, arrest, arrestation, badger, bag, bit, blackmail, bob, boost, borrow, butt, capture, carry away, carry off, catch, catching, chip, chunk,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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