meaning of snatches
1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
2. To seize and transport away; to rap.
3. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
4. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.
5. A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.
6. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.
7. a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope.
8. The handle of a scythe; a snead.
9. 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"; "Martins snatch at the bridle failed and the horse raced away"; "the infielders snap and throw was a single
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Related Words
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