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snarfle

verb
/ˈsnɑːɹf(ə)l/US/ˈsnɑːf(ə)l/UK

Etymology

From snarf + -le (frequentative suffix). First attested in 1985.

  1. derived from escarpe
  2. compounded as snarf — “snack + scarf”
  3. formed as snarfle — “snarf + -le”

Definitions

  1. To make the noise of an animal (such as a pig) eating.

  2. To eat greedily.

    • Wiggy, my Staffordshire terrier, loved to snarfle and root around on that hillside, and she always brought in the wonderful perfume, like a cloud of scent . . .
    • . . . while we snarfle down popcorn at the Cineplex.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for snarfle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA