taking English
Adjective
( en adjective)
alluring; attractive.
* Fuller
- subtile in making his temptations most taking
(obsolete) infectious; contagious
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Noun
The act by which something is taken.
* 2010 , Ian Ayres, Optional Law: The Structure of Legal Entitlements (page 75)
- Second, they argue that giving the original owner a take-back option might lead to an infinite sequence of takings and retakings if the exercise price for the take-back option (i.e., the damages assessed at each round) is set too low.
(uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
(uncountable) An apprehension.
(countable) That which has been gained.
- Count the shop's takings .
Verb
(head)
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home […], foaming and raging.He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
Derived terms
* for the taking
See also
* takings
Statistics
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snatched English
Verb
(head)
(snatch)
Anagrams
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snatch English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) snacchen, snecchen, from (etyl) . Related to snack.
Verb
To grasp quickly.
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To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch.
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To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
- to snatch a kiss
* Alexander Pope
- when half our knowledge we must snatch , not take
To grasp and remove quickly.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2
- "How many times have I told you?" she cried, and seized him and snatched his stick away from him.
* Thomson
- Snatch me to heaven.
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To steal.
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(by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport
, title= Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd
, passage=But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.}}
To do something quickly due to limited time available.
* , chapter=10
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
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Synonyms
* grab
* See also
Derived terms
* snatcher
* purse snatcher
* (l)
Noun
( es)
A quick grab or catch.
- The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
- I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
A vulva.
* 1962 , Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall , Grove Press, page 83,
- Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch ?
* 1985 , Jackie Collins, Lucky , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0671524933, page 150,
- Roughly Santino ripped the sheet from the bed, exposing all of her. She had blond hair on her snatch , which drove him crazy. He was partial to blondes.
* 2008 , Jim Craig, North to Disaster , Bushak Press, ISBN 0961711213, page 178,
- “You want me to ask Brandy to let you paint her naked body with all this gooey stuff to make a mold of her snatch ?”
Synonyms
* (vagina) cunt, twat
Etymology 2
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