Definition of: snatch

(snach) v.t.
1. To seize or lay hold of suddenly, hastily, or eagerly.
2. To take or remove suddenly.
3. To take or obtain as the opportunity arises: to snatch a few hours of sleep.
4. Slang To kidnap.
—v.i.
5. To attempt to seize swiftly and suddenly: with at.
6. To accept with great eagerness: with at.
—noun
1. An act of snatching; a hasty grab or grasp: usually with at.
2. A brief period: a snatch of rest.
3. A small amount; fragment: snatches of a conversation; snatches of melody.
4. Slang. A kidnaping. [ME snacchen.? Related to SNACK.]
—snatch′er noun