Snaffle (Verb)
Meaning 1
Fit or restrain with a snaffle; "snaffle a horse".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The horse trainer carefully snaffled the young mare before attempting to mount her.
- To ensure the horse's safety, the rider snaffled it prior to the veterinarian's examination.
- After years of experience, the stable hand could snaffle a difficult horse with ease.
- The biting snaffle was used to snaffle the stubborn stallion that had been refusing to obey commands.
- The instructor demonstrated how to properly snaffle a horse without causing discomfort or injury.
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Meaning 2
Get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale".
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- During the online sale, Sarah managed to snaffle the last discounted gaming console within minutes of the offer being posted.
- Some customers snaffled up all the limited-edition chocolates before they even hit store shelves.
- Emily snaffled the opportunity to interview her favorite celebrity when the publicist offered her the exclusive.
- The investors quickly snaffled up all the available shares in the highly anticipated initial public offering.
- In an instant, the eager shoppers snaffled the last few deeply discounted televisions during the Black Friday sale.