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outsnatch

verb

Etymology

From out- + snatch.

  1. inherited from *snakjaną✻ — “to whiff, sniff, catch wind of; to taste-test, nibble”
  2. inherited from *snakkjan✻
  3. inherited from *snæċċan✻
  4. inherited from snacchen
  5. prefixed as outsnatch — “out + snatch”

Definitions

  1. To surpass in snatching.

    • He'd thought it through and decided that he needed a swift reaction team to outsnatch the snatchers.

  2. To snatch

    To snatch; to seize violently.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA