v. 1 grab, grasp, seize, clasp, clutch, pluck, take (hold of), catch, lay hold of, wrest, latch on to, capture, snap up, win, get, lay or get one's hands on The thief snatched her purse and ran away One must snatch every available opportunity for happiness. 2 Chiefly US kidnap, abduct They snatched the kid and are holding him for ransom 3 save, rescue, deliver, remove At the very last moment, we were snatched from the jaws of death
n. 4 grab, clutch, grasp He made a snatch for her necklace, but she managed to duck out of the way 5 scrap, bit, fragment, snippet, segment, morsel, specimen, sample We were able to hear only brief snatches of their conversation through the closed door