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upsnatches

upsnatches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upsnatch.

Meaning of upsnatch

Verb

upsnatch (third-person singular simple present upsnatches, present participle upsnatching, simple past and past participle upsnatched)

  1. (transitive) To seize or snatch up.
    • With pity struck, with horror for my deed, The babe upsnatch'd away I bore with speed ; And, knowing Zion should be captive led, Far to these mountains of the East I sped.1832, Blackwood's magazine, volume 31

Questions about upsnatches

What is upsnatches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Upsnatches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of upsnatch.

Words near upsnatches in the dictionary

  1. upslur
  2. upslurs
  3. upsmanship
  4. upsnatch
  5. upsnatched
  6. upsnatches
  7. upsnatching
  8. upsoar
  9. upsoared
  10. upsoaring
  11. upsoars

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