snatchback

noun

Etymology

From snatch + back.

  1. inherited from *bʰeg- — “to bend
  2. inherited from *baką
  3. inherited from *bak
  4. inherited from bæc
  5. inherited from bak
  6. compounded as snatchback — “snatch + back

Definitions

  1. The act of forcibly taking something back, such as a turn in speaking (by interjecting)…

    The act of forcibly taking something back, such as a turn in speaking (by interjecting) or a hire-purchase item on which installments are overdue.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for snatchback. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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