Dictionary definition · snatch
noun
- a small fragment"overheard snatches of their conversation"
- obscene terms for female genitals
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- the act of catching an object with the hands"Mays made the catch with his back to the plate"
verb
- to grasp hastily or eagerly"Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"
- to make grasping motions"the cat snatched at the butterflies"
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom"The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).