"outsnatch" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: outsnatches [present, singular, third-person], outsnatching [participle, present], outsnatched [participle, past], outsnatched [past]
Etymology: out- + snatch Etymology templates: {{pre|en|out|snatch}} out- + snatch Head templates: {{en-verb}} outsnatch (third-person singular simple present outsnatches, present participle outsnatching, simple past and past participle outsnatched)
  1. (transitive) To surpass in snatching. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-outsnatch-en-verb-rUo4mfWE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with out- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with out-: 57 43
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To snatch; to seize violently. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-outsnatch-en-verb-2RNdoILA

Inflected forms

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