[snatch] vb [ME snacchen to give a sudden snap, seize; akin to MD snacken to snap at] vi (13c): to attempt to seize something suddenly ~ vt: to take or grasp abruptly or hastily; also: to seize or grab suddenly without permission, ceremony, or right syn see take -- snatch.er n
[2]snatch n (1563) 1 a: a brief period "caught ~es of sleep" b: a brief, fragmentary, or hurried part: bit "caught ~es of the conversation"
2. a: a snatching at or of something b slang: an act or instance of kidnapping
3: a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised from the floor directly to an overhead position in a single motion--compare clean and jerk, press
4: the female pudenda--usu. considered vulgar