Usually means: Quickly grabs or captures something.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word snatches:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. snatches: Merriam-Webster
  2. snatches: Collins English Dictionary
  3. snatches: Vocabulary.com
  4. Snatches, snatches: Wordnik
  5. snatches: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. snatches: Wiktionary
  7. snatches: Dictionary.com
  8. snatches: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. snatches: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snatches: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snatches: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snatches: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snatches: Idioms

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  1. Snatches: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (snatch)

verb:  (transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.
verb:  (intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.
verb:  (transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To steal.
verb:  (transitive, informal, figurative, by extension) To take (a victory) at the last moment.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To do something quickly in the limited time available.
noun:  A quick grab or catch.
noun:  A short period.
noun:  (weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
noun:  A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
noun:  (vulgar slang) The vulva.
noun:  (aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
noun:  (dated) A brief period of exertion.
noun:  (dated) A catching of the voice.
noun:  (dated) A hasty snack; a bite to eat.
noun:  (dated) A quibble.
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