snarf

Other forms of snarf

past tense

snarfed·

present participle

snarfing·

third person

snarfs·

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 snarf

What does snarf mean?

snarf means "make off with belongings of others".

How many syllables are in snarf?

snarf has 1 syllable: snarf.

What is another word for snarf?

Close synonyms include pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract. 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 snarf a common word?

snarf is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.