snatch

• n. ひったくる；つかむ；少量にする
• vt.取り押さえる；時間を作る；速やかに救出する
• vi.ひったくる；素早く受け入れる

おそらく中オランダ語のsnacken（つかむ、ひったくる、かじる）が語源で、語源的にはsnack（スナック）、snap（スナップ）と同じ。

snatch

snatch: see snack

snatch (n.)

c. 1300, "a trap, snare," from snatch (v.). Meaning "a sudden grab" is from 1570s; that of "a small amount" is from 1590s. Sense in weight-lifting is from 1928. Vulgar slang sense of "vulva" is recorded by 1903, perhaps 1864; a much older venereal sense was "sexual intercourse quickly performed" (1580s).

snatch (v.)

early 13c., "make a sudden snap or bite" (at something), of uncertain origin; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *sn?ccan or Middle Dutch snacken "to snatch, chatter." Compare snack (n.). Meaning "lay hold of suddenly" is from early 14c.; especially "take from someone's hands" (1580s). Weight-lifting sense is attested from 1928. Related: Snatched; snatching.

1. You can even snatch a few hours off.

急いで数時間休憩することもできます。

2.She managed to snatch the gun from his hand.

彼女は何とかして彼から銃を奪った。

3.The magazine was snatch from my hand before I could read it.

その雑誌を読む暇もなく、私の手から奪われた。

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4.It is rude to snatch .

奪い取るのは失礼だ.

5.Frost holed a bunker shot from 50 feet to snatch the title by one stroke.

フロストは50フィート先のバンカーでホールインワンし、ホールインワンで優勝した。