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(v)
(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
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(n)
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
(UK, Ireland, slang) To gain influence over by corrupt means or intimidation.
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
(N)
a 2018 South Korean action comedy film written and directed by Heo Jun-hyeong.
(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
(transitive) To pull or twist violently.
(transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
(transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence.
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
(informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
Leading away; a carrying away.
(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.
(transitive) To delete.
(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
(transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
(transitive, intransitive) To give birth to kittens.
(nautical, transitive) To hoist (an anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
(intransitive) To become like a muffin; to increase in size.
(transitive, informal, dated) to capture or arrest someone
To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
(intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
A diminutive of the female given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name.
(transitive, intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To interact with a touch screen by drawing one's finger rapidly across it.
A movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
To understand.
(transitive) To grip or grasp tightly.
(transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
(ambitransitive) To raise or rise.
(transitive, usually formal or humorous) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
(transitive) To pull (something) with a quick, strong action.
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
(adj)
Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
(transitive) To seize or snatch up.
(figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
An item of food eaten between meals.
Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
To hurriedly and forcibly take, appropriate or seize control of; to arrest (someone).
(transitive) To snatch again.
(transitive, very rare, UK, dialectal) To snatch in advance.
(UK, dialect, transitive) To catch at; to snatch.
(transitive, colloquial) To buy or acquire quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.
(Scotland, Shetland, Orkney) a promontory or headland
(transitive, informal) To devour greedily.
To grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
(obsolete) A method of fishing using a line with several hooks fastened to it along with a lead weight so that the hooks sit on the bottom.
An act of whirling.
(chiefly US, idiomatic, dated) To hurry, to proceed quickly.
(transitive, Scotland) To snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.
(idiomatic) To get something quickly
(transitive) To produce (something) quickly, especially food.
A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
To grasp, or attempt to grasp, something or somebody, using one's hand, usually in a rough or rude manner.
(transitive) To grab again.
(transitive) To abduct or steal a dog, especially in order to sell it.
(transitive, slang) To eat or consume greedily.
To steal, to pickpocket.
(informal, intransitive) To seize, convulse or twitch, especially when sudden.
An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward.
To tug at or pull out the fine hairs at someone's hairline (i.e. their edges).
(British, informal) A child.
The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
(dialect) Suppressed or sly laughter; snigger.
(Australian rules football) to mark the football, especially overhead
(weaponry) A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
(idiomatic, archaic) To move swiftly.
(transitive, slang) To cheat or swindle, especially by charging an excessively high or unfair price.
(India) To snatch a gold chain (or sometimes a silver chain) from a woman (or a man) and run away.
(transitive, usually passive voice) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
(UK, Ireland, slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
(transitive, informal) To pull something out with a sudden jerk.
(intransitive) To chortle or chuckle; snicker.
To niggle; to irritate or bother continually or repeatedly.
(uncountable) A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
(intransitive) To be brought up to date with news.
The common rabble or mob; riffraff.
(often attributively) A robbery where a window of a shop or other premises is smashed and items are grabbed as quickly as possible.
(transitive) To cut or chop (meat, etc.) into separate pieces.
(uncountable) Something disgusting.
(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.
(Internet) To publish one's media consumption habits to the Internet via software, in order to track when and how often certain items are played.
A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
An instance of plundering.
One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
(colloquial) To steal.
(countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.