Meaning & use
Snarfing
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Eating or consuming something quickly and greedily.
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He was snarfing down a sandwich between classes.
The kids came in snarfing popcorn straight from the bowl.
A note on using this word
In early computing slang, 'snarfing' also meant copying or downloading a file, especially without permission.
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2. verb
Computing slang: copying or retrieving a file or data, especially without authorization.
The hacker was accused of snarfing sensitive files from the server.
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