snatch
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5.4
- noun
- /snætʃ/
:
fragmento
- Late Saturday night, as he lay in bed, he heard snatches of music from rowdies.
- a snatch of song
Examples
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A dog barked; a car honked; a man was singing a snatch of a Spanish song.
Fiction book (2001) -
Even a little snatch of a tune might get him up again.
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I come and go as a thought, a memory, a snatch of song.
Academic text (1999) -
And we hear a snatch of loud music before the door is closed.
Fiction book (1995) -
I heard the voices, but I got only snatches of the words.
Fiction book (1993) -
I spent a restless night filled with snatches of confused dreams.
Fiction book (1999) -
Ray backs down, as Jerry hears snatches of the women's group going full blast in the living room.
Fiction book (1996) -
Then she sang very softly some more snatches of the Connemara Cradle Song in her native Irish, naturally.
Fiction book (1995) -
When Hind finished singing snatches of a lover's lament by Fairuz, the old woman smiled.
Fiction book (1997) -
I come and go as a thought, a memory, a snatch of song.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small piece or amount of something, for example food
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3.2
A small piece broken off something larger
179
2.1
A small piece left over or thrown away
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4.8
A small piece of text or information that comes from something larger
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4.1
A small piece you cut off with scissors or shears
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4.2
A small piece cut from cloth or paper with scissors
Idioms
1
9.6
A team or person loses an almost certain win in the final minute because of a mistake
Compounds
- Specialized
A pulley that opens so you can place a rope inside without passing the end through
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
A snatch of music or talk is a small, quick 'piece' you catch for a moment, coming from the idea of briefly grabbing something. That's why it means a short fragment.