Synonyms of the word snaffle


SNAFFLEBIT - BRIDLE - GRAB - TAKE

snaffle

  • n. A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue…
  • n. (figuratively) Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle.
  • v. (transitive) To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To grab or seize; to snap up.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To purloin, or obtain by devious means.

bit

  • n. A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
  • n. A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
  • n. (dated, Britain) A coin of a specified value. (Also formerly used for a nine-pence coin in the British…
  • n. (obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
  • n. (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first…
  • n. (historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly…
  • n. A small amount of something.
  • n. (informal) Specifically, a small amount of time.
  • n. A portion of something.
  • n. Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree.
  • n. (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
  • n. An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
  • n. The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
  • n. The cutting iron of a plane.
  • adv. To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").
  • v. (transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
  • v. simple past tense of bite.
  • v. (informal in US, archaic in Britain) past participle of bite, bitten.
  • adj. (colloquial) bitten.
  • adj. (only in combination) Having been bitten.
  • n. (mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
  • n. (computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
  • n. (information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
  • n. (information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
  • n. A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).

bridle

  • n. The headgear with which a horse is directed and which carries a bit and reins.
  • n. (figuratively) A restraint; a curb; a check.
  • n. A length of line or cable attached to two parts of something to spread the force of a pull, as the rigging…
  • n. A mooring hawser.
  • n. A piece in the interior of a gunlock which holds in place the tumbler, sear, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To put a bridle on.
  • v. (transitive) To check, restrain, or control with, or as if with, a bridle; as in bridle your tongue.
  • v. (intransitive) To show hostility or resentment.

grab

  • v. (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
  • v. (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
  • v. To restrain someone; to arrest.
  • v. To grip the attention; to enthrall.
  • v. (informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.
  • v. (informal) To consume something quickly.
  • v. To take the opportunity of.
  • n. a sudden snatch (for something).
  • n. a mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
  • n. (media) a soundbite.
  • n. A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

take

  • v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
  • v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To remove.
  • v. (transitive) To have sex with.
  • v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
  • v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
  • v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
  • v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
  • v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
  • v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
  • v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
  • v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
  • v. (transitive) To consume.
  • v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
  • v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
  • v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
  • v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
  • v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
  • v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
  • v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
  • v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
  • v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
  • v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
  • v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
  • v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
  • v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
  • v. (transitive) To require.
  • v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
  • v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
  • v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
  • v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
  • v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
  • v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
  • v. (transitive) To move into.
  • v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
  • v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
  • v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
  • v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
  • v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
  • v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
  • v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
  • v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
  • v. (transitive) To deal with.
  • v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
  • v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
  • v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
  • v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
  • v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
  • v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
  • v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
  • n. The or an act of taking.
  • n. Something that is taken; a haul.
  • n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
  • n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
  • n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
  • n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
  • n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
  • n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
  • n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
  • n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

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