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Definition of Snarf
1. Verb. Make off with belongings of others. "They snarf the money "
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Cabbage, Lifter, Pilferage, Pilferer
Definition of Snarf
1. Verb. (transitive) To eat or consume greedily. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To take something by dubious means, but without the connotations of stealing; to take something without regard to etiquette. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To expel fluid or food through the mouth or nostrils accidentally, usually while attempting to stifle laughter with one's mouth full. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive computing) To slurp (computing slang sense); to load in entirety; to copy as a whole. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snarf
1. to eat or drink greedily [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snarf
Literary usage of Snarf
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by Thomas Hart Benton, United States Congress (1860)
"It seemed to him, that all those who и opposed to distribution ought to go with
bin for postponement. Neither party would snarf any disadvantage, ..."
2. Day One and Beyond: Practical Matters for New Middle-Level Teachersby Rick Wormeli by Rick Wormeli (2003)
"If you can stroll down an aisle of adolescents checking homework, and snarf a
note from one, a skateboard catalog from another, and a Gameboy from a third ..."
3. Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Chancery: In 1852 [-1859 by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Richard Torin Kindersley (1857)
"... a conveyance of one-third of Little chases the Plain- Britain Colliery, and
transfer of his share and interest tl^"s snarf> he in the Newman Shropshire ..."
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