Syn. -- To twitch; pluck; grab; catch; grasp; gripe.
Snatch, v. i. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; --
often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.
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Snatch (?), n. 1. A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at,
or attempt to seize, suddenly.
2. A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a
shower. Tusser.
They move by fits and snatches.
Bp. Wilkins.