Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
SNATCH
I. verb
Etymology: Middle English snacchen to snap, seize; akin to Middle Dutch snacken to snap at
Date: 13th century
intransitive verb to attempt to seize something suddenly, transitive verb to take or grasp abruptly or hastily , see: take snatcher noun
II. noun
Date: 1563
1. a brief period , a brief, fragmentary, or hurried part ; bit ,
2. a snatching at or of something, an act or instance of kidnapping, a lift in weight lifting in which the weight is raised from the floor directly to an overhead position in a single motion, the female pudenda