snatchingn.
1. The action of the verb.
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the mind > possession > taking > seizing > [noun] > quickly or hurriedly
snatchinga1529
snatch1587
snap1631
snapping1860
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating hastily
bolt1835
snatching1846
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > kidnapping or abduction > [noun]
rape1436
abreption1550
man-stealing1577
plagium1577
raptc1614
abduction1632
man-stealth1663
plagiary1673
kidnapping1682
enlevement1769
plagiat1809
body-snatching1840
kidnappery1890
snatching1931
shanghaiing1985
a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Div Fan. Where the deuyll gate he all these hurtes Fol. By god for snatchynge of puddynges and wortes.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall Ded. sig. A3 Soft maisters, faire plaie and no snatching.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 73 Our rapacity,..our snatching, and catching, at far more then is our own.
1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles ix. 204 Snatchings on the part of the creature at honours which of right belonged only to the Creator.
1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. iii. 267 The casual snatching and feeding at all hours.
1931 D. Runyon in Collier's 26 Sept. 7 (heading) The snatching of Bookie Bob.
1955 Times 26 July 6/6 As soon as the speed drops to 20 m.p.h., a change to third gear is essential to avoid ‘snatching’.
1972 J. Philips Vanishing Senator (1973) iii. ii. 127 They're all in a state over the snatching of Mrs. Lloyd.
2. Twitching.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > spasmodic movement or twitching
twitching1478
twitch1575
sprunting1647
orgasm1671
quetching1676
catching1700
snatching1822
quirk1826
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 434 The limbs were in a state of constant snatching and trepidation.
3. The practice of catching fish by means of hooks which are pulled sharply through the water.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > other methods of fishing
tickling1616
twitchelling1689
yair-fishing1796
ice-fishing1842
foul-hooking1860
pointing1860
fish-wood1861
muddying1877
snatching1878
roll casting1897
jack fishing1899
cod jigging1921
free spooling1937
noodling1937
electrofishing1950
shocker1953
ghost fishing1963
catch-and-release1973
1878 Standard 21 Oct. (Davies) ‘Snatching’ is a form of illicit piscicapture for which it is impossible to entertain..sympathy.
1884 Jefferies in Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Sept. 1/2 The fish..are also protected by regulations..; snatching, for instance, is unlawful.
4. technical. (See quot. 1887.)
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1887 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Snatching. The term for making laths break bond for plastering.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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ˈsnatching
ˈsnatching adj.
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1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 138 Those naked, snatching mountaineers, who are ever doing us wrong.
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