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snatchable

snatchable adjective: capable of being snatched.

Adjective

snatchable (comparative more snatchable, superlative most snatchable)

  1. Capable of being snatched.
    • He hung about the doors and windows of shop after shop, hoping for a temporary absence of the shopkeeper, which might leave something snatchable.1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago
    • That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022

Forms of snatchable

comparativemore snatchable
superlativemost snatchable

Origin of snatchable

From snatch + -able.

Questions about snatchable

What does snatchable mean?
Snatchable means capable of being snatched.
What part of speech is snatchable?
Snatchable is an adjective.

Words near snatchable in the dictionary

  1. snatch squad
  2. snatch squads
  3. snatch the pebble
  4. snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
  5. snatch'd
  6. snatchable
  7. snatchback
  8. snatchbacks
  9. snatched
  10. snatched defeat from the jaws of victory
  11. snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory

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