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snatched

/snæt͡ʃt/

snatched adjective: good-looking. Also the simple past and past participle of snatch.

Adjective

snatched (comparative more snatched, superlative most snatched)

  1. Good-looking.
    • So she lifted her head and continued the trek. “See, that's more like it,” Norman said. “Walk like you own this motherfuckin' town. You are looking snatched in that dress.” Norman pretended as though he had yanked something up out of thin air.2017, Shereé Whitfield, Wives, Fiancées, and Side-Chicks of Hotlanta, →ISBN, page 46
    • “Everyone says that you should wait, because your body doesn’t fully come in until you’re like 30, and I’m 20 years old, and why am I going to wait until I’m 30 to be snatched?” Catera Northup, an exotic dancer from Rhode Island, said.2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine
  2. (slang) Having a narrow waist.
    • Lucinda impressed her class when she revealed how snatched she was under her baggy sweatshirt.
  3. (slang) Narrow.
    • However, one could make a strong correlation to her success ruling Europe in the 1600s to her having a snatched waist while strutting around the castle in heels. Come on, you know the world bends to a woman with 36-24-36 body measurements.2020, Chloé Hilliard, F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 131
    • “You know I'm endorsing a new line?” “I can tell with your extra snatched waist.” I gave her the stink eye. “Don't hate, bitch.” We both started cracking up.2016, Mia Black, His Dirty Secret 2: Charmaine's Story, Mahogany Publications
  4. (slang) Having an attractive, sculpted appearance of face and/or body.

Also used as

snatched is also the simple past and past participle of snatch.

Forms of snatched

comparativemore snatched
superlativemost snatched

Words formed from snatched

Phrases with snatched

Words that rhyme with snatched

Questions about snatched

What does snatched mean?
Snatched means good-looking.
What part of speech is snatched?
Snatched is an adjective.
How do you pronounce snatched?
Snatched is pronounced /snæt͡ʃt/.

Words near snatched in the dictionary

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

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