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nouna small fragment
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nounthe act of catching an object with the hands
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noun(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
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verbto grasp hastily or eagerly
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verbtake away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransomtype of:
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nounobscene terms for female genitals
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nouna weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motiontype of:
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Examples of snatch
- "overheard snatches of their conversation"
- "Martin's snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"
- "Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"
- "the cat snatched at the butterflies"