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 under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.