snatchable

snatchable

English

Etymology

From snatch +‎ -able.

Adjective

snatchable (comparative more snatchable, superlative most snatchable)

  1. Capable of being snatched.
    • 1896, Arthur Morrison, A Child of the Jago:
      He hung about the doors and windows of shop after shop, hoping for a temporary absence of the shopkeeper, which might leave something snatchable.
    • 2009 February 15, Judith Martin, “It Started in Naples”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 16 June 2022:
      That last problem did intrude on Hazzard’s roamings, and when she refers to the living city it is with periodic references to thefts of cars and wallets, with a warning not to carry anything “snatchable” by the thieves on motorcycles who whiz through the streets.

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