snaffle

1. 1.

   a simple jointed bit for a horse; without a curb

   Synonymssnaffle bit

   Broaderbit

Other forms of snaffle

plural

snaffles·

past tense

snaffled·

present participle

snaffling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about snaffle

What does snaffle mean?

snaffle means "get hold of or seize quickly and easily". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in snaffle?

snaffle has 2 syllables: snaf-fle. The stress falls on "fle".

What is another word for snaffle?

Close synonyms include snap up, grab, snaffle bit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is snaffle a common word?

snaffle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.