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SNARF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snarf mean? 

SNARF (verb)
  The verb SNARF has 1 sense:

1. make off with belongings of othersplay

  Familiarity information: SNARF used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SNARF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make off with belongings of others

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

abstract; cabbage; filch; hook; lift; nobble; pilfer; pinch; purloin; snarf; sneak; swipe

Hypernyms (to "snarf" is one way to...):

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Sentence example:

They snarf the goods


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