Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snatch \Snatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snatched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Snatching}.] [OE. snachen, snechen; akin to D. snakken to
   gasp, to long (for), to desire. Cf. {Snack}, n., {Sneck}.]
   1. 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.

   2. To seize and transport away; to rap. ``Snatch me to
      heaven.'' --Thomson.

   Syn: To twitch; pluck; grab; catch; grasp; gripe.