snatch

IPA: snˈætʃ

A quick grab or catch.
A short period.
(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
(vulgar slang) The vulva.
(aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
(dated) A brief period of exertion.
(dated) A catching of the voice.
(dated) A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
(dated) A quibble.

(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
(intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
(transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
(transitive, informal) To steal.
(transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
(transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.

Examples of "snatch" in Sentences

She rushes in and snatches her out of the way.
Gunmen snatch three Westerners in Yemen capital.
Collectors snatch up Robert Frost Christmas cards.
Snatches of the music haunt her throughout the film.
The bandits just wanted to snatch the corporal's gun.
Watch an eagle's terrifying attempt to snatch a child.
The crocodile appears and snatches Allison from the boat.
The two lifts competed are the clean and jerk and the snatch.
He was selected for the Beijing Games to snatch the gold medal.
Main intension of the English government is to snatch the wealth.
She is the U.S. record holder in snatch, clean and jerk and total weight lifted.
Leave it to the Democrats to once again snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.
And -- around you, my snatch is always a little wet, I need to wear pants or I'd leave spots every time I sat down.
SNOW: General Clark, I was reading about what they call snatch and grab teams that are apparently in that area in Tora Bora now.
NEW ORLEANS — Republican U.S. Rep. Joseph Cao has lost the election in his New Orleans-area district, a rare seat that Democrats were able to snatch from the GOP.
Of course, one would have to be incredibly naive to think that Palin, at best a befuddled Republican poster child and at worst another establishment neocon, would follow through on her support and back a new 9/11 investigation should John McCain snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and take the White House.