Search results for 'snatch':

snatch verb (snatches, snatched, snatching) 1 to seize or grab suddenly. 2 intrans to make a sudden grabbing movement. 3 to pull suddenly and forcefully • She snatched her hand away from his. 4 colloq to take or have as soon as the opportunity arises • We'll have to snatch a bite to eat. noun (snatches) 1 an act of snatching. 2 a fragment overheard or remembered • She recalled a few snatches of conversation. 3 a brief period • I caught snatches of the news now and then • snatches of rest between long shifts. 4 colloq a robbery • The snatch took place in broad daylight. 5 weightlifting a type of lift in which the weight is raised from the floor to an overhead position in one movement. snatcher noun. snatchily adverb. snatchy adj.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: as snacchen.