Snatch

English Meaning

To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

1. To grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly.
2. Sports To raise (a weight) in one quick, uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.
3. To grasp or seize illicitly.
4. To make grasping or seizing motions: snatched at the lamp cord.
5. The act of snatching; a quick grasp or grab.
6. A brief period of time: "At the end we preferred to travel all night,/Sleeping in snatches” ( T.S. Eliot).
7. A small amount; a bit or fragment: a snatch of dialogue.
8. Slang A kidnapping.
9. Sports A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised in one uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.
10. Vulgar Slang The vulva.