- snatch (n.)
- c.1300, "a trap, snare," from snatch (v.). Vulgar slang sense of "vulva" is recorded from 1903; from a much older sense of "sexual intercourse quickly performed" (1580s).
- snatch (v.)
- early 13c., of uncertain origin; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *snæccan or Middle Dutch snacken "to snatch, chatter." Weight-lifting sense is attested from 1928. Related: Snatched; snatching.