snam

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verb

To snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.

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Meanings

verbsnam (third-person singular simple present snams, present participle snamming, simple past and past participle snammed)

present singular third person snams · participle present snamming · participle past snammed · past snammed

  1. ScotlandtransitiveTo snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.
  2. UKobsoleteslangtransitiveTo steal; snatch.

    He has been lagged for beaker hunting, was a mushroom faker, has been on the steel for snamming a wedge sneezer; […]

    1859, Snowden's Magistrates Assistant, page 497
  3. UKobsoleteslangtransitiveTo rob (a person).

    I on'y meant fur to snam (rob) him, and on'y giv' him a tightener, when somethin' come dancing and shreeking down the road, and I vamoosed.

    1880, Henry Spicer, Winged Words, page 144

Origin

Blend of snap + nam (“to seize, grab; chew, eat greedily”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

snam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snam

MLA

“snam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snam. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snam,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snam.

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