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snam

snam verb: to snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.

Verb

snam (third-person singular simple present snams, present participle snamming, simple past and past participle snammed)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.
  2. (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive) To steal; snatch.
    • He has been lagged for beaker hunting, was a mushroom faker, has been on the steel for snamming a wedge sneezer; […]1859, Snowden's Magistrates Assistant, page 497
  3. (UK, obsolete, slang, transitive) To rob (a person).
    • I on'y meant fur to snam (rob) him, and on'y giv' him a tightener, when somethin' come dancing and shreeking down the road, and I vamoosed.1880, Henry Spicer, Winged Words, page 144

Forms of snam

third-person singular presentsnams
present participlesnamming
past participlesnammed
pastsnammed

Origin of snam

Blend of snap + nam (“to seize, grab; chew, eat greedily”).

Questions about snam

What does snam mean?
Snam means to snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.
What part of speech is snam?
Snam is a verb.
What is the past tense of snam?
The past tense of snam is snammed.

Words near snam in the dictionary

  1. snakish
  2. snakishness
  3. snaky
  4. snallygaster
  5. snallygasters
  6. snam
  7. Snamione
  8. snammed
  9. snamming
  10. snams
  11. snap

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