Snarf

Quick meaning: Snarf is a verb meaning (transitive, slang) To eat or consume greedily.

Meaning

(transitive, slang) To eat or consume greedily.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, slang, computing) To slurp (computing slang sense); to load in entirely; to copy as a whole.
2. (transitive, slang, computing, by extension) To fetch (in general).
3. (transitive, slang) To take something by dubious means, but without the connotations of stealing; to take something without regard to etiquette.

Example Sentences

I snarfed the whole database into my program.

He snarfed a whole bag of chips in a couple of minutes!

I snarfed a bunch of freebies from the vendor's booth when he wasn't looking.

"I'm not going to sit there while you two watch me snarf a whole pie by myself."

Word Forms

• snarfs
• snarfing
• snarfed

Synonyms for snarf

Depending on context, synonyms include abstract, sneak, lift, pinch, hook, purloin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pinch, swipe, lift, filch, nobble, hook.

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