v.
seize quickly and deftly.
▸informal steal or kidnap by seizing suddenly.
▸quickly secure or obtain.
n.
- an act of snatching.
- a fragment of music or talk.
- Weightlifting the rapid raising of a weight from the floor to above the head in one movement.
- vulgar slang a woman's genitals.
Derivative
Etymology
ME sna(c)che (v.) ‘suddenly snap at’, (n.) ‘a snare’; perh. rel. to snack.