n. 25B6; verb
she snatched the sandwich : GRAB, seize, take hold of, get one's hands on, take, pluck; grasp at, clutch at.
(informal) someone snatched my bag. : See steal verb sense 1.
(informal) she snatched the newborn from the hospital. : See abduct .
he snatched victory : SEIZE, pluck, wrest, achieve, secure, obtain; scrape.
25B6; noun
brief snatches of sleep : PERIOD, spell, time, fit, bout, interval, stretch.
a snatch of conversation : FRAGMENT, snippet, bit, scrap, part, extract, excerpt, portion.