snatchy
Americanadjective
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It's tough to hit a good drive after making a snatchy move like that.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 12, 2018
I realised my swing was getting quick and snatchy.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 17, 2012
The numerous scenes pitch through so many scattered periods of Clyde Griffiths' life that one is given the impression of snatchy revelations, skipped pages.
From Time Magazine Archive
He handed his box of vesuvians, and it was taken in a snatchy way.
From The Parson O' Dumford by Fenn, George Manville
Some pity mingled with his vexation at Mr. Travers' snatchy wakefulness.
From The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Conrad, Joseph
It gets snatchier, he’s not as smooth on the throttle or brakes.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2010
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