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ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

snarf.

To eat or consume greedily.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/snɑː(ɹ)f/
  1. To eat or consume greedily.

    slang · transitive
    He snarfed a whole bag of chips in a couple of minutes!
  2. To take something by dubious means, but without the connotations of stealing; to take something without regard to etiquette.

    slang · transitive
    I snarfed a bunch of freebies from the vendor's booth when he wasn't looking.
  3. To slurp (computing slang sense); to load in entirely; to copy as a whole.

    slang · transitive
    I snarfed the whole database into my program.
  4. To fetch (in general).

    broadly · slang · transitive
Where this word comes from

Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, perhaps a blend of snack + scarf or snort + scarf. First attested in 1963.

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