Syn.
— To twitch; pluck; grab; catch; grasp; gripe.
SNATCH
Snatch, v. i.
Defn: To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; — often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
SNATCH
Snatch, n.
1. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
2. A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower. Tusser. They move by fits and snatches. Bp. Wilkins.
3. 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.
SNATCH BLOCK
Snatch block (Naut.),
Defn: a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
SNATCHER
Snatch"er, n.