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单词 snatcher
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snatcher


snatch

S0508300 (snăch)v. snatched, snatch·ing, snatch·es v.tr.1. a. To grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly: snatched the dollar from my hand.b. To steal, especially quickly or with a sudden movement.c. Informal To kidnap (someone).2. Sports To raise (a weight) in one quick, uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.3. Informal a. To obtain or achieve quickly or unexpectantly: snatched an early lead in the game.b. To get (a small amount of sleep).v.intr. To make grasping or seizing motions: snatched at the lamp cord.n.1. a. The act of snatching; a quick grasp or grab.b. Informal A kidnapping.2. A brief period of time: "At the end we preferred to travel all night, / Sleeping in snatches" (T.S. Eliot).3. A small amount; a bit or fragment: a snatch of dialogue.4. Sports A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised in one uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.5. Vulgar Slang The vulva.
[Middle English snacchen.]
snatch′er n.
Thesaurus
Noun1.snatcher - a thief who grabs and runs; "a purse snatcher"stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
2.snatcher - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)snatcher - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)abductor, kidnaper, kidnappercaptor, capturer - a person who captures and holds people or animalscriminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimecrimper, crimp - someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiersseizer, shanghaier - a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
Translations
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snatcher


cradle-snatcher

A jocular term for someone who is romantically involved with a much younger person. Dating sites seem to be filled with nothing but cradle-snatchers looking for women who are 20 years younger than them.

snatcher

n. a police officer; a detective. (Underworld.) One of the local snatchers came around to see if the door was locked.
EncyclopediaSeesnatch

snatcher


  • noun

Synonyms for snatcher

noun a thief who grabs and runs

Related Words

  • stealer
  • thief

noun someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

Synonyms

  • abductor
  • kidnaper
  • kidnapper

Related Words

  • captor
  • capturer
  • criminal
  • crook
  • felon
  • malefactor
  • outlaw
  • crimper
  • crimp
  • seizer
  • shanghaier
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