snatchy
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- snatchily adverb
Etymology
Origin of snatchy
Example Sentences
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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
Guttural sounds of cheering in snatchy fragments were mingled with terms of approval and of endearment and of affection uttered in English, in German, in Russian, in Yiddish and in Finnish.
From The Thunders of Silence by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
His eye beamed an unnatural light—his breathing was quick and snatchy, as if every inspiration and expiration pained the lungs.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay
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