snatch

Overhead barbell lift

To snatch is to grab quickly or steal: He snatched the purse and ran.

She snatched victory from defeat.

A snatch is a quick grab, a fragment (snatches of conversation), or a weightlifting move where the barbell is lifted overhead in one motion.

In vulgar slang, snatch means the female genitals: a kick in the snatch.

The vulgar sense is crude and somewhat dated but still in circulation.

grab

seize

Take suddenly, forcibly

  • clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
  • graspSeize or understand
  • gripSecure manual hold

yank · pluck · swipe · snag · grab · catch · hook · nab · wrest · rip

kidnap

abduct

Take someone unlawfully

hostage · grab · seize · victim · captor · trafficking · forcible · missing · unlawful · custody

weightlifting

clean

Free of soil

lift · powerlifting · weightlifter · overhead · squat · deadlift · kettlebell · rep · spotter · technique

brief

glimpse

Fleeting view

burst · flash · bit · scrap · extract · clip · excerpt · overheard · partial · fleeting

theft

steal

Take without permission

  • pilferSneak off with trifles
  • swipeQuick sliding motion
  • liftMechanism for vertical transport

pocket · heist · pickpocket · shoplift · filch · purloin · larceny · thievery · robbery · burglarize

genitalia

pussy

Informal word for cat

  • cuntObscene female anatomy slang
  • coochSensual undulating dance
  • muffMishandle clumsily

beaver · box · fanny · cooter · vajayjay · hoo-ha · punani · kitty · vulva · vagina

Categories
Opposites
taking/seizing action

snatchgive

To transfer possession

release · let go · relinquish · surrender · hand over

manner of grasping

snatchrelease

To let go

let go · drop · loosen · unhand · discharge

success of quick grab

snatchmiss

Fail to reach

fumble · drop · lose · bobble · let slip

Phrases
Family

snatching, snatcher

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13