Snatch /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Snatched; p. pr. & vb. n. Snatching

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.

2. To seize and transport away; to rap.

1. To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; -- often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.

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.

   They move by fits and snatches.

3. A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.

   We have often little snatches of sunshine.

   Leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer.