"snatching" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsnæt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-snatching.wav [US] Forms: snatchings [plural]
Rhymes: -ætʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} snatching (plural snatchings)
  1. The act by which something is snatched. Derived forms: purse snatching
    Sense id: en-snatching-en-noun-LJiqYMe4

Verb

IPA: /ˈsnæt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-snatching.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ætʃɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} snatching
  1. present participle and gerund of snatch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: snatch
    Sense id: en-snatching-en-verb-pxvaDMY- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88

Inflected forms

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