snarf
verb
ˈsnärf 
snarfed; snarfing; snarfs
transitive verb
: to eat (something) quickly or greedily : scoff entry 3
snarfed down some pizza
… class-action lawyers who gobbled up Monday's ruling like Iditarod [Trail Sled Dog Race] dogs snarfing kibble.
Steven Levy
Steven LevyIn locker rooms all over Florida and Arizona, the ersatz baseball players are snarfing up the free food as if there were no tomorrow. George Vecsey
George VecseyMore workers snarf down lunch at their desks instead of at restaurants or the employee cafeteria, according to a survey from KFC, the fast-food chain. The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web What Amazon does know about is how to snarf up personal data from its customers and exploit it for profit. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 Every feeding day, these animals can snarf down 5 to 30 percent of their already titanic body weight. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2021 Not relying on water means that a moray eel foraging on land can snarf down dinner without needing to call off the hunt by returning to the water. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2021 Friday’s numbers blew last year’s second Friday away with 209,789 turning out to snarf cheese curds and ride The Giant Slide. Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2019 About 16% of the kids held out for just 30 seconds or less before snarfing the treat, and about 38% held out for 10 minutes. Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 26 June 2018 Under the hood is the same fuel-snarfing 381-horsepower V-8 engine. Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018 Right now, his customers tend to snarf their pizza while standing at his counter or take pies to go, risking major laundry issues or worse. Michael Klein, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018 For the past couple of weeks, Burger Battle judges have been snarfing their way through round one, trying out a collective 32 burgers across Tarrant, Johnson and Parker counties. star-telegram, 14 Sep. 2017 See More
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 Every feeding day, these animals can snarf down 5 to 30 percent of their already titanic body weight. Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2021 Not relying on water means that a moray eel foraging on land can snarf down dinner without needing to call off the hunt by returning to the water. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2021 Friday’s numbers blew last year’s second Friday away with 209,789 turning out to snarf cheese curds and ride The Giant Slide. Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2019 About 16% of the kids held out for just 30 seconds or less before snarfing the treat, and about 38% held out for 10 minutes. Melissa Healy, latimes.com, 26 June 2018 Under the hood is the same fuel-snarfing 381-horsepower V-8 engine. Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018 Right now, his customers tend to snarf their pizza while standing at his counter or take pies to go, risking major laundry issues or worse. Michael Klein, Philly.com, 30 Mar. 2018 For the past couple of weeks, Burger Battle judges have been snarfing their way through round one, trying out a collective 32 burgers across Tarrant, Johnson and Parker counties. star-telegram, 14 Sep. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
perhaps blend of snack entry 2 and scarf entry 3
First Known Use
circa 1963, in the meaning defined above