snarf
v : make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage,
purloin, pinch, abstract, swipe, hook, sneak,
filch, nobble, lift]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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 -- FTPing 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 fluids 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]
Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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 fluids 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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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