snaffle
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Is snaffle a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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What is the meaning of snaffle?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (figuratively) Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle.Examples: "Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes."figuratively
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.transitive
2. (transitive) To clutch by the bridle.transitive
3. (transitive, informal) To grab or seize; to snap up.informaltransitive
4. (transitive, informal) To purloin, or obtain by devious means.Examples: "[…] 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 […]"informaltransitive
5. (UK, Norfolk, intransitive, archaic) To talk foolishly.Examples: "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.""NorfolkUKarchaicintransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary