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Definition of snarf in English: snarfverb snɑːfsnärf [with object]North American informal Eat or drink quickly or greedily. 〈非正式,主美〉迅速贪婪地吃(或喝) they snarfed up frozen yogurt 他们狼吞虎咽地吃光了冰镇酸奶。 Example sentencesExamples - She snarfed the food down not even waiting to savor the flavors.
- I ended up snarfing a bunch of Ritz crackers (first crackers I've had in weeks, aside from the wedding last week) to tide me over until dinner.
- The dish was tasty but so violently rich, you felt almost embarrassed eating it, like a pimply adolescent snarfing a public bag of candy.
- Enno couldn't help but snarf it down, only to feel awkward as he finished his before anyone had made a second bite.
- We're lucky to live next door to a large number of shops, restaurants and cafes, and - after we'd snarfed a triumphant breakfast of World Cup winning sausages, bacon and eggs - we made our way to search through the second-hand bookshops.
Synonyms drink, swallow, gulp, gulp down, guzzle, slurp, attack, down, drink down, drink up, force down, get down, finish off, polish off, drain, empty, imbibe, have, take, partake of, ingest, consume, sup, sip, lap
Origin1950s: perhaps imitative. Definition of snarf in US English: snarfverbsnärf [with object]North American informal Eat or drink quickly or greedily. 〈非正式,主美〉迅速贪婪地吃(或喝) they snarfed up frozen yogurt 他们狼吞虎咽地吃光了冰镇酸奶。 Example sentencesExamples - She snarfed the food down not even waiting to savor the flavors.
- I ended up snarfing a bunch of Ritz crackers (first crackers I've had in weeks, aside from the wedding last week) to tide me over until dinner.
- The dish was tasty but so violently rich, you felt almost embarrassed eating it, like a pimply adolescent snarfing a public bag of candy.
- Enno couldn't help but snarf it down, only to feel awkward as he finished his before anyone had made a second bite.
- We're lucky to live next door to a large number of shops, restaurants and cafes, and - after we'd snarfed a triumphant breakfast of World Cup winning sausages, bacon and eggs - we made our way to search through the second-hand bookshops.
Synonyms drink, swallow, gulp, gulp down, guzzle, slurp, attack, down, drink down, drink up, force down, get down, finish off, polish off, drain, empty, imbibe, have, take, partake of, ingest, consume, sup, sip, lap
Origin1950s: perhaps imitative. |