Sekirov Dictionary

snaffle

/ˈsnæfəl/

verb 6
noun 2
forms 3
phrases 1

verb6

To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.
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(informal) To grab or seize; to snap up.
- “That was my inspiration back in 2005,” he says, snaffling his third roll. — 2026
(informal) To purloin, or obtain by devious means.
To clutch by the bridle.
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(figurative) To quell or suppress.
- Julian Joolby, when will you learn to snaffle your violent emotion? — 1934
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(UK, no longer used) To talk foolishly.
- In Norfolk, "jaffle" is used in the sense of idle discourse, of an indecent or malicious character; and a prating busybody is said to be "always a snaffling and jafflin about what don't concern him." — 1855

noun2

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A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and the corners of the mouth, and is often used as a training bit.
- “I shall have to take the mare to-morrow,” said the Tertium Quid, “and she will stand nothing heavier than a snaffle.” — 1889
Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle.

forms

snaffled · snaffling · snaffles

Phrases with snaffle

snaffle up
To devour greedily.

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