snatching Definition

snatch
verb snatches, snatched, snatching

1. To seize or grab suddenly.

Thesaurus: seize, jerk, grasp, steal, pluck, wrench, wrest.
intr
2. To make a sudden grabbing movement.
3. To pull suddenly and forcefully.

Example: She snatched her hand away from his
4. colloq
To take or have as soon as the opportunity arises.
Example: We'll have to snatch a bite to eat

noun snatches

1. An act of snatching.
2. A fragment overheard or remembered.

Example: She recalled a few snatches of conversation
3. A brief period.

Example: I caught snatches of the news now and then
Example: snatches of rest between long shifts
4. colloq
A robbery.
Example: The snatch took place in broad daylight
5. weightlifting.
A type of lift in which the weight is raised from the floor to an overhead position in one movement.

Derivative: snatcher
noun

Derivative: snatchily
adverb

Derivative: snatchy
adj

Etymology: 13c: as snacchen.