To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss. When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take. Pope.
To seize and transport away; to rap. "Snatch me to heaven." Thomson.
To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower. Tusser. They move by fits and snatches. Bp. Wilkins.
A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap. We have often little snatches of sunshine. Spectator. Leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer. Shak.
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