snatch /snach/

1. To seize suddenly
2. To pluck away quickly
3. To grab
4. To take as opportunity occurs

To make a snap or seizure

1. A snap (Shakespeare)
2. An act of snatching or snatching at
3. A grab
4. A short spell
5. A fragment, eg of song or verse
6. A snack
7. A robbery or kidnapping (informal)
8. A catch (of the voice) (Shakespeare)
9. A quibble (Shakespeare)
10. (in weightlifting) a type of lift in which the weight is raised from the floor to an overhead position in one movement
11. The female genitals (vulgar sl)

snatchˈer noun

snatchˈily or snatchˈingly adverb

snatchˈy adjective

Irregular

snatch block noun

A block with a side opening for the bight of a rope

snatchˈ-purse or snatchˈ-thief noun

A thief who snatches

snatch squad noun

1. A group of policemen, etc who force a sudden quick passage into eg a disorderly or rioting crowd in order to arrest troublemakers or ringleaders
2. A swift, organized sally by a group of people in order to seize something

snatch at

To try to snatch or seize

• dance in a net
• dance music
• dance of death
• dancer
• dancercise
• dancers
• dances
• dances of death
• dance to someone's tune
• dancette
• dancettee
• dancettes
• dancetty
• dancetté
• dance tune
• dance tunes
• dance upon nothing
• dancey
• dancier
• danciest
• dancing
• dancing-girl
• dancing-girls
• dancing-master
• dancing-masters