snatch
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source: (snatch) | gif 、 fairy tail
verb with object
quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way:
すばやく取る, ひっつかむ(up, away, off) «from, out of»
e.g. she snatched a cookie from the plate
〈人が〉(僅差で･土壇場で)〈勝利など〉を勝ち取る
e.g. figurative : a victory snatched from the jaws of defeat.
informal steal (something) or kidnap (someone) by seizing or grabbing suddenly:
〈人などが〉 «…から» 〈物など〉をひったくる, 強奪する, かっぱらう
e.g. a mission to snatch Winston Churchill.
no object (snatch at) hastily or ineffectually attempt to seize (something):
ひったくる; «…を» ひったくろうとする
e.g. she snatched at the handle.
quickly secure or obtain (something) when a chance presents itself:
〈人などが〉〈機会など〉をとらえる, すばやく手に入れる; 〈食事･休憩など〉を急いで取る
e.g. we snatched a few hours' sleep.
no object (snatch at) eagerly take or accept (an offer or opportunity):
【機会などに】飛びつく «at»
e.g. I snatched at the chance.
noun
1. an act of snatching or quickly seizing something:
〖a ～〗 «…を» ひったくる［ひったくろうとする］こと, ひっつかむこと «at» ; ひったくり, 強奪
e.g. a quick snatch of breath.
a short spell of doing something:
〖通例～es〗 (活動などの)短い期間［時間］
e.g. brief snatches of sleep.
a fragment of song or talk:
(会話･音楽･歌などの)断片
e.g. picking up snatches of conversation.
informal a kidnapping or theft.
｟米俗｠ 誘拐(kidnapping)
2. Weightlifting the rapid raising of a weight from the floor to above the head in one movement.
〘重量挙げ〙 スナッチ〘バーベルを一気に頭上に挙げ静止する〙
3. vulgar slang a woman's genitals.
｟米卑｠ 女性の陰部
DERIVATIVES
snatcher |ˈsnaCHər| noun
snatchy |ˈsnaCHē| adjective
ORIGIN
Middle English sna(c)che (verb) ‘suddenly snap at’, (noun) ‘a snare’; perhaps related to snack.