SNATCH

Snatch

Snatch is a 2000 comedy-crime film written and directed by British filmmaker Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast. Set in the London criminal underworld, the film contains two intertwined plots: one dealing with the search for a stolen diamond, the other with a small-time boxing promoter named Turkish who finds himself under the thumb of a ruthless gangster known as Brick Top .

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snatch

Noun

  1. A quick grab or catch.
    The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
  2. A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
  3. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
    I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
  4. A vulva.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The handle of a scythe; a snead.

Verb

  1. To grasp quickly.
  2. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch.
  3. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
    to snatch a kiss
  4. To grasp and remove quickly.
  5. To steal.
  6. (by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.
  7. To do something quickly due to limited time available.


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