"snaffle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsnæfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snaffles [plural]
Rhymes: -æfəl Etymology: Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|nl|snavel}} Dutch snavel, {{uder|en|dum|snavel}} Middle Dutch snavel, {{m|dum|snabel||snout}} snabel (“snout”), {{uder|en|dum|snabbe}} Middle Dutch snabbe, {{m|dum|snebbe||bird's bill, neb}} snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”), {{cog|ofs|snavel||mouth}} Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), {{m|gml|snabbe||neb, beak}} snabbe (“neb, beak”), {{m|ang|nebb||beak, bill, nose, face}} nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”), {{m|en|neb}} neb Head templates: {{en-noun}} snaffle (plural snaffles)
  1. A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and bars and corners of the mouth, and is often used as a training bit. Categories (lifeform): Horse tack
    Sense id: en-snaffle-en-noun-TqvRNKpD Disambiguation of Horse tack: 28 31 6 13 12 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 43 3 4 5 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 34 6 6 12 13
  2. (figuratively) Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle. Tags: figuratively Categories (lifeform): Horse tack
    Sense id: en-snaffle-en-noun-Q3mSHKlL Disambiguation of Horse tack: 28 31 6 13 12 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 43 3 4 5 7 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 34 6 6 12 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bradoon

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsnæfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snaffles [present, singular, third-person], snaffling [participle, present], snaffled [participle, past], snaffled [past]
Rhymes: -æfəl Etymology: Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|nl|snavel}} Dutch snavel, {{uder|en|dum|snavel}} Middle Dutch snavel, {{m|dum|snabel||snout}} snabel (“snout”), {{uder|en|dum|snabbe}} Middle Dutch snabbe, {{m|dum|snebbe||bird's bill, neb}} snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”), {{cog|ofs|snavel||mouth}} Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), {{m|gml|snabbe||neb, beak}} snabbe (“neb, beak”), {{m|ang|nebb||beak, bill, nose, face}} nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”), {{m|en|neb}} neb Head templates: {{en-verb}} snaffle (third-person singular simple present snaffles, present participle snaffling, simple past and past participle snaffled)
  1. (transitive) To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-snaffle-en-verb-LOMTBU6o
  2. (transitive) To clutch by the bridle. Tags: transitive Categories (lifeform): Horse tack
    Sense id: en-snaffle-en-verb-PGi4AgyR Disambiguation of Horse tack: 28 31 6 13 12 10
  3. (transitive, informal) To grab or seize; to snap up. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (lifeform): Horse tack
    Sense id: en-snaffle-en-verb-NMoiRHJw Disambiguation of Horse tack: 28 31 6 13 12 10 Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 34 6 6 12 13
  4. (transitive, informal) To purloin, or obtain by devious means. Tags: informal, transitive Categories (lifeform): Horse tack
    Sense id: en-snaffle-en-verb-vsSw6Xiv Disambiguation of Horse tack: 28 31 6 13 12 10 Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 29 34 6 6 12 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foresnaffle, snaffle up

Inflected forms

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          "bit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsnæfəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æfəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bradoon"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "snaffle"
  ],
  "word": "snaffle"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/æfəl",
    "Rhymes:English/æfəl/2 syllables",
    "en:Horse tack"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "foresnaffle"
    },
    {
      "word": "snaffle up"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "snavel"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch snavel",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "snavel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch snavel",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "snabel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "snout"
      },
      "expansion": "snabel (“snout”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "snabbe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch snabbe",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "snebbe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bird's bill, neb"
      },
      "expansion": "snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "snavel",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mouth"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "snabbe",
        "3": "",
        "4": "neb, beak"
      },
      "expansion": "snabbe (“neb, beak”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nebb",
        "3": "",
        "4": "beak, bill, nose, face"
      },
      "expansion": "nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "neb"
      },
      "expansion": "neb",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "snaffles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaffling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaffled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snaffled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "snaffle (third-person singular simple present snaffles, present participle snaffling, simple past and past participle snaffled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clutch by the bridle."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To clutch by the bridle."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grab or seize; to snap up."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grab",
          "grab"
        ],
        [
          "seize",
          "seize"
        ],
        [
          "snap up",
          "snap up"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To grab or seize; to snap up."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Geoffrey Bennett, The Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914",
          "text": "[…] the Master at Arms, the senior member of the lower deck and chief policeman, was found to be drunk; he must have snaffled some of the crew's rum ration always kept closely guarded in a special locker […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To purloin, or obtain by devious means."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "purloin",
          "purloin"
        ],
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
        [
          "devious",
          "devious"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, informal) To purloin, or obtain by devious means."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsnæfəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æfəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snaffle.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "snaffle"
  ],
  "word": "snaffle"
}

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