snatch
verb (used without object)
to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed byat ).
am snatching
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present progressiveof snatch (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I can't tell you about it now, for I am snatching a moment when I am not rehearsing, as this must go to-day.
From Beechcroft at Rockstone by Charlotte Mary Yonge
I am snatching a few words with you while the men are packing the wagon, which stands before the door.
From A Touch of Sun and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
