snatches

Noun

snatch (plural snatches)

1. A quick grab or catch.
   • The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
2. A short period.
   • At the end we preferred to travel all night,
     Sleeping in snatches,1927 August, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Ariel Poems.] Journey of the Magi.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC, page 107
3. A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.
4. A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.
   • I heard a snatch of Mozart as I passed the open window.
5. (slang, vulgar) The vulva.
   • Claude, is it true what they say about Olovia? Of course she’s getting a little old for us—what about Marilyum, did you try her snatch?1962, Douglas Woolf, Wall to Wall, Grove Press, page 83

   Synonyms:

   cunt, twat

6. Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.
   • If, after the pilot notices the overspeed, he deploys the spoilers, or if aileron "snatch" rolls the airplane to an excessive bank angle, it may become impossible to recover.1982, National Transportation Safety Board, quoting Federal Aviation Administration, Learjet Special Certification Review interim report, 1981, quoted in Aircraft Accident Report: Sky Train Air...

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