snaffle
To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffleTo put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.
» "Why are you late?" "My neighbour's dog snaffled one of my shoes and ran off down the street with it."
„Warum kommst du zu spät?“ – „Der Hund meines Nachbarn hat sich einen meiner Schuhe geschnappt und ist damit über die Straße weggelaufen.“
„Warum kommen Sie zu spät?“ – „Der Hund meines Nachbarn hat sich einen meiner Schuhe geschnappt und ist damit über die Straße weggelaufen.“
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.
fit or restrain with a snaffle
(broadly, figuratively, transitive)To quell or suppress.
(transitive)To clutch by the bridle.
(informal, transitive)To grab or seize; to snap up.
(informal, transitive)To purloin, or obtain by devious means.
(Norfolk, UK, archaic, intransitive)To talk foolishly.
Examples
1 sentences"Why are you late?" "My neighbour's dog snaffled one of my shoes and ran off down the street with it."
de„Warum kommst du zu spät?“ – „Der Hund meines Nachbarn hat sich einen meiner Schuhe geschnappt und ist damit über die Straße weggelaufen.“
Origin
Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of MiApparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb.
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Forms
snaffles, snaffling, snaffled, snaffledSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle