3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snarf 
  v  :  make  off  with  belongings  of  others  [syn:  {pilfer},  {cabbage}, 
  {purloin},  {pinch},  {abstract},  {swipe},  {hook},  {sneak}, 
  {filch},  {nobble},  {lift}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  snarf  /snarf/  vt  1.  To  grab,  esp.  to  grab  a  large  document  or 
  file  for  the  purpose  of  using  it  with  or  without  the  author's  permission. 
  See  also  {BLT}.  2.  [in  the  Unix  community]  To  fetch  a  file  or  set  of 
  files  across  a  network.  See  also  {blast}.  This  term  was  mainstream 
  in  the  late  1960s,  meaning  `to  eat  piggishly'.  It  may  still  have  this 
  connotation  in  context.  "He's  in  the  snarfing  phase  of  hacking  -- 
  {FTP}ing  megs  of  stuff  a  day."  3.  To  acquire,  with  little  concern  for 
  legal  forms  or  politesse  (but  not  quite  by  stealing).  "They  were  giving 
  away  samples,  so  I  snarfed  a  bunch  of  them."  4.  Syn.  for  {slurp}. 
  "This  program  starts  by  snarfing  the  entire  database  into  core, 
  then...."  5.  [GEnie]  To  spray  food  or  {programming  fluid}s  due  to 
  laughing  at  the  wrong  moment.  "I  was  drinking  coffee,  and  when  I  read 
  your  post  I  snarfed  all  over  my  desk."  "If  I  keep  reading  this  topic, 
  I  think  I'll  have  to  snarf-proof  my  computer  with  a  keyboard  {condom}." 
  [This  sense  appears  to  be  widespread  among  mundane  teenagers  --ESR] 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  snarf 
 
  /snarf/  1.  To  grab,  especially  to  grab  a  large  document  or 
  file  for  the  purpose  of  using  it  with  or  without  the  author's 
  permission. 
 
  See  also  {BLT}. 
 
  2.  ({Unix})  To  fetch  a  file  or  set  of  files  across  a  network. 
 
  See  also  {blast}. 
 
  3.  To  acquire,  with  little  concern  for  legal  forms  or 
  politesse  (but  not  quite  by  stealing).  "They  were  giving  away 
  samples,  so  I  snarfed  a  bunch  of  them." 
 
  4.  Synonym  for  {slurp}.  "This  program  starts  by  snarfing  the 
  entire  database  into  core." 
 
  5.  ({GEnie})  To  spray  food  or  {programming  fluid}s  due  to 
  laughing  at  the  wrong  moment.  This  sense  appears  to  be 
  widespread  among  mundane  teenagers  -  ESR. 
 
  6.  This  term  was  mainstream  in  the  late  1960s,  meaning  "to  eat 
  piggishly".  It  may  still  have  this  connotation  in  context. 
 
  7.  A  creature  on  the  Thundercats  fond  of  eating,  usually 
  covertly. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1995-02-21) 
 
 

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