snam

verb — 3 senses

snam

verb

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

1

Scotland To snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily.

2

UK, Obsolete, Slang To 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

UK, Obsolete, Slang To 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:

Related terms: nim, nimble, nom

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