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Noun
- 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
- a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion
- (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment
- obscene terms for female genitals
- a small fragment
- overheard snatches of their conversation
Verb
- take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
- The industrialist's son was kidnapped
- to make grasping motions
- the cat snatched at the butterflies
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone