Snatch

snach, v.t. to seize quickly: to take without permi ion: to seize and carry away.— v.i. to try to seize hastily.— n. a hasty catching or seizing: a short time of exertion: a small piece or fragment: a catching of the voice: a hasty snack of food: a quibble.— ns. Snatch′-block , a kind of pulley-block, having an opening in the side to receive the bight of a rope; Snatch′er , one who snatches.— adv. Snatch′ingly .— adj. Snatch′y , irregular. [M. E. snacchen ; cog. with Dut. snakken , Prov. Eng. sneck , a bolt; also conn. with snap .]