Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Snatch \Snatch\, n. [Cf. AS. sn[=i]?an to cut, to mow, sn?d a
   bite, bit snip.]
   The handle of a scythe; a snead. [Variously written in
   England {snead}, {sneed}, {sneath}, {sneeth}, {snathe}, etc.;
   in Scotland written {sned}.]

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.

Snatch \Snatch\, v. i.
   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.

Source : WordNet®

snatch
     n 1: a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
          [syn: {bit}]
     2: obscene terms for female genitals [syn: {cunt}, {puss}, {pussy},
         {slit}, {twat}]
     3: (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a
        person against their will and holding them in false
        imprisonment [syn: {kidnapping}]
     4: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one
        rapid motion
     5: the act of catching an object with the hands; "Mays made the
        catch with his back to the plate"; "he made a grab for the
        ball before it landed"; "Martin's snatch at the bridle
        failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielder's snap
        and throw was a single motion" [syn: {catch}, {grab}, {snap}]

snatch
     v 1: to grasp hastily or eagerly; "Before I could stop him the
          dog snatched the ham bone" [syn: {snatch up}, {snap}]
     2: to make grasping motions; "the cat snatched at the
        butterflies"
     3: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and
        usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's
        son was kidnapped" [syn: {kidnap}, {nobble}, {abduct}]