snatch
verb
[ snatʃ ]
• quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way.
• "she snatched a biscuit from the plate"
Similar:
grab,
seize,
seize hold of,
grab hold of,
take hold of,
lay hold of,
lay (one's) hands on,
get one's hands on,
take,
pluck,
take a grip of,
grip,
grasp,
clutch,
snatch
noun
• an act of snatching or quickly seizing something.
• "a quick snatch of breath"
• the rapid raising of a weight from the floor to above the head in one movement.
• a woman's genitals.
Origin:
Middle English sna(c)che (verb) ‘suddenly snap at’, (noun) ‘a snare’; perhaps related to snack.
