Thesaurus: snatch

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1. n. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
2. n. To seize and transport away; to rap.
3. v. i. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
4. n. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
5. n. A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.
6. n. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.
7. n. The handle of a scythe; a snead.
8. n. a small fragment
9. n. obscene terms for female genitals
10. n. (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
11. n. a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
12. n. the act of catching an object with the hands