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[ snacht ] SHOW IPA
/ snætʃt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective Slang . amazingly good, very attractive, flawlessly styled, etc.: Her fashion videos will get you looking snatched. Their dorm room is totally snatched.
Origin of snatched First recorded in 1990–95; origin uncertain; possibly from regional American snatching “attractive” (1962); possibly from Black drag culture, where stage performers wear weaves (artificial hairweaves), and if something is amazingly good (snatched ), it may snatch one's weave off, knock one's socks off (but the connection is unclear)
Words nearby snatched snarl-up, snarly, snash, snatch, snatch block, snatched , snatch squad, snatchy, snath, snazzy, SNCC
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Example sentences from the Web for snatched The subtext of the clown is that life is a joke and can be snatched away at any moment.
Nightmares in Face Paint: Why We’ll Always Be Afraid of Clowns | Oliver Jones| October 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The Germans and Japanese have snatched their customers away in North America.
Nationalism on Four Wheels | Clive Irving| October 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Vladimir Putin snatched Crimea from Ukraine as a strategic, patriotic, and touristic prize.
Crimea: A Patriotic Russian Vacation From Hell | Anna Nemtsova| August 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Another time, he came to the rescue of a young woman whose iPhone had been snatched by a petty thief.
Castro Street’s Hot Cop Is the Batman to Sexy Mug Shot Guy’s Joker | Itay Hod| July 9, 2014| DAILY BEAST
She snatched her purse from the kitchen counter and stormed out the front door, past his duffel bags.
Short Stories from The Daily Beast: Four Hundred Grand | Elliot Ackerman| July 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He snatched them up with his left hand, and slipped them inside his vest.
File No. 113 | Emile Gaboriau
She snatched it up and ran in pursuit of the intrepid pair advancing toward the animated scene under the maple-tree.
Peggy Raymond's Vacation | Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith
She leaned over the lattice-work, snatched the candle, and ran in with it.
Christ Legends | Selma Lagerlf
He leaped forward, caught her in his arms, and snatched the knife from her grasp.
The Golden Fleece | Julian Hawthorne
Jimmie snatched up a burning brand from the fire, and waving this above his head, he kept behind the two who had guns.
Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise | Louis Arundel
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