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snarfer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsnɑːɹfɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsnɑːfə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From snarf + -er.

Meanings

  1. (slang) One who snarfs (eats or drinks greedily).
    • But from lunch to dinner, there's sometimes an eight-hour gap. It's too long; we get hungry, need to snack. And so we become both nibblers and snarfers all in one day. 2011, Bruce Weinstein, Lobsters Scream When You Boil Them: And 100 Other Myths About Food and Cooking: Plus 25 Recipes to Get It Right Every Time, New York, N.Y. […]: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 242:

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