What does "snatch" mean?
Snatch: To seize and transport away; to rap. "Snatch me to heaven." Thomson.
Additional senses
- 2.To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
- 3.A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
- 4.A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower. Tusser. They move by fits and snatches. Bp. Wilkins.
- 5.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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