snatching (Meaning)
snatching
to seize or take suddenly without permission, ceremony, or right, to take or grasp abruptly or hastily, an act or instance of kidnapping, a brief, fragmentary, or hurried part, to seize or try to seize something quickly or suddenly, something brief, hurried, or in small bits, a brief period, a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised from the floor directly to an overhead position in a single motion compare clean and jerk, press, to grasp or take suddenly or hastily, a snatching at or of something, the female pudenda, to attempt to seize something suddenly
Synonyms & Antonyms of snatching
snatching Sentence Examples
- The purse snatching left the elderly woman shaken and distraught.
- Police are searching for the thief responsible for a series of handbag snatchings in the city center.
- The crowd watched in horror as the pickpocket deftly snatched the wallet from the unsuspecting tourist.
- The cheetah's sudden snatching of the gazelle amazed the onlookers.
- The bully snatched the lunch money from the smaller child, leaving him humiliated and hungry.
- The dog snatched the bone from the table and ran away with it triumphantly.
- Thieves wearing balaclavas snatched the jewelry from the museum display case in a daring heist.
- The snatching of candy from the sleeping child was a cruel and heartless act.
- The politician's opponent tried to snatch his microphone during a live debate, causing a commotion.
- The bird swooped down and snatched the fish from the river before it could escape.
FAQs About the word snatching
to seize or take suddenly without permission, ceremony, or right, to take or grasp abruptly or hastily, an act or instance of kidnapping, a brief, fragmentary,
grab,theft, heist, pinch,swiping,mugging, burglary, break-in, stickup, holdup
missing, discharging, dropping, liberating, freeing,releasing,loosening
The purse snatching left the elderly woman shaken and distraught.
Police are searching for the thief responsible for a series of handbag snatchings in the city center.
The crowd watched in horror as the pickpocket deftly snatched the wallet from the unsuspecting tourist.
The cheetah's sudden snatching of the gazelle amazed the onlookers.
