snaffleverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈsnæf.əl/us/ˈsnæf.əl/UK informalto take something quickly for yourself, in a way that prevents someone else from having or using it:
Who's snaffled my pen?
Martha snaffled (= ate) all the peanuts before the party had even begun!
The company grew by snaffling up several smaller businesses.
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Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- loot
- looting
- mug
- relieve
- rip sth off
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- sting
- whip
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snafflenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsnæf.əl/us/ˈsnæf.əl/a type of bit (= a metal bar held in a horse's mouth to control it) usually with a joint in the middle
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Horse riding
- curry
- dismount
- dressage
- gymkhana
- high-spirited
- horse riding
- horseback riding
- horseshoe
- horsey
- jib at sth
- mount
- mounted
- paddock
- puissance
- rein sth in
- riding habit
- showjumping
- silk
- trot
- unsaddle
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