"snaffle up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: snaffles up [present, singular, third-person], snaffling up [participle, present], snaffled up [participle, past], snaffled up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} snaffle up (third-person singular simple present snaffles up, present participle snaffling up, simple past and past participle snaffled up)
  1. (transitive, informal) To devour greedily. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: gobble up

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, informal) To devour greedily."
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