snarf

(snärf)

tr.v. snarfed, snarf·ing, snarfs Slang

To eat or drink rapidly or eagerly; devour: snarfed down some cookies.

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snarf

(snɑːf)

informal to eat or drink greedily

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb

snarf - make off with belongings of others

cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, swipe, abstract, nobble, pinch, sneak, hook, lift

steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

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Breckenridge Brewery, Snarf's Sandwiches and Brother's BBQ.

Three Local Restaurants Open at Denver International Airport; Breckenridge Brewery, Brother's BBQ and Snarf's Sandwiches now on Concourse A

Snarf Foods creates gourmet snack mixes and candies based on old family recipies.

Vote For Snarf Foods in web.com Small Business Championship

At the dog show, his jumps and back-flips award him not only cheers from the audience, but also the "Best Bouncer in Show" award and a lifetime supply of Snarf Snacks (since he's their new spokesdoggy!).

The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder

Herfurt found that he could snarf 44 of 135 Nokia 6310i phones that passed by his booth (other types of phones were vulnerable as well).

From Bluetooth to RedFang: the boom in Bluetooth wireless devices is a boon for those on the move. But attackers already have their eye on Bluetooth's weaknesses

Sunday at the venue sees Break the Cycle, a punk/rock/metal day in aid of Cancer Research featuring Cantus Caelestis, Sika Redem,The Lunatic Fringe, EvenFlowersKill, Equal Opportunities Working Group, Snarf Takes Up the Challenge, Replica X, and Trichome.

GO: THE LIMIT: Jailhouse complies with rock demand

They just draw the cash, snarf the subsidised scran and do little, very, very little except troop through the lobbies to vote as they are told.

Andrew Wilson; I'm over the hill...at 31 I prefer a book to a boogie in Ibiza

In Derrick Bell's "The Space Traders" all American black people are forced to enter spaceships; these ships returned to "snarf up" many science fiction critics.

Veronica Hollinger and Joan Gordon, eds. Edging into the Future: Science Fiction and Contemporary Cultural Transformation

For example, if generations of students laughed at professor Snarf's jokes because he awards higher grades to those who laugh, what might a new female student who perceives the jokes "unfunny" and "sexist" do when he tells one of his jokes?

CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND BEHAVIOR: Perception

I mean, who hasn't had the urge at one time or another to snarf down a handful or two of that delectable styrofoam stuff that just about everything comes shipped in nowadays?

THE EDIBLE MILLENNIUM

Boil water for powdered chemical coffee, snarf down a doughnut, run the dog around the block, sponge off, throw on stiff, hot dress-up clothes, slink in late, sit down in a hard wooden pew and be preached at.

On Sunday, I'm there to be part of whatever happens