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snarfle, v. slang (chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |ˈsnɑːf(ə)l|, U.S. |ˈsnɑrf(ə)l|
[Perhaps imitative, or perhaps a blend of snarf v. and either snaffle v.3 or snuffle v.]
1. intr. To sniff or snort; to make any of various snuffling and slobbering noises like those of an animal eating greedily. Hence: to eat greedily (also fig.).
1985Playboy Apr. 176/2 A man called Danny, a grinning, shambling Irishman with a cleft palate who snarfled and hing-honged incomprehensibly. 1989R. Hansen Nebraska Stories 86 The kid snarfled at his hot dogs. 1996Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 12 Feb. 10 a, New Mexican ranchers who overgraze public lands is [sic] no more seemly than Californians snarfling at the Defense Department trough. 2004E. Fredericks Fatal Distraction 180 Norm [sc. a dog] was snarfling through donut boxes.
2. trans. To consume or use rapidly or in large amounts; to eat greedily; to grab or snatch. Also with up. Cf. snarf v.
1990J. Morrow Only Begotten Daughter (1991) ii. x. 174 Where was Phoebe now? Hollywood, Julie speculated, nailing down her dreams of cinéma-vérité eroticism, snarfling up lines of cocaine from her desk on the paramount lot. 1990Phoenix (Arizona) New Times (Nexis) 27 June 99 Let me tell you, these boys laugh a lot when not snarfling all-you-can-eat grub. 1999Antigonish Rev. Winter 68 Fringe benefits include free rejects, which you'd snarfle without compunction, knowing they'd otherwise just be used to..clean screens. |