v. t.
When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
They move by fits and snatches. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]
We have often little snatches of sunshine. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
Leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at;
(Naut.), a kind of block with an opening in one side to receive the bight of a rope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who snatches, or takes abruptly. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By snatching; abruptly. [ 1913 Webster ]