Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snatching"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snatch \Snatch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snatched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snatching}.] [OE. snachen, snechen; akin to D. snakken to
gasp, to long (for), to desire. Cf. {Snack}, n., {Sneck}.]
1. To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission
or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.
When half our knowledge we must snatch, not take.
--Pope.
2. To seize and transport away; to rap. ``Snatch me to
heaven.'' --Thomson.
Syn: To twitch; pluck; grab; catch; grasp; gripe.
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