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snatchiest

snatchiest is the superlative form of snatchy.

Meaning of snatchy

Adjective

snatchy (comparative snatchier, superlative snatchiest)

  1. In snatches or glimpses.
    • We listen to a snatchy talk on one thing and then another, and abstruse questions that are like the Scotchman's definition of metaphysics.1902, Amanda Minnie Douglas, A Sherburne quest, page 332
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a snatching or grabbing.
    • a snatchy gesture

Questions about snatchiest

What is snatchiest the superlative form of?
Snatchiest is the superlative form of snatchy.

Words near snatchiest in the dictionary

  1. snatches the pebble
  2. snatches victory from the jaws of defeat
  3. snatchest
  4. snatcheth
  5. snatchier
  6. snatchiest
  7. snatchily
  8. snatchiness
  9. snatching
  10. snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
  11. snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory

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