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snarf
(encz) | snarf,ukrást v: web |
snarf
(encz) | snarf,zhltnout v: web |
snarf
(wn) | snarf
v 1: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer,
cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf,
swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift] |
snarf
(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 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)
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snarf
(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 — 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] The sound of snarfing is {
splork!}.
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snarf & barf
(foldoc) | snarf & barf
/snarf'n-barf`/ Under a WIMP environment, the act of
grabbing a region of text and then stuffing the contents of
that region into another region (or the same one) to avoid
retyping a command line. In the late 1960s, this was a
mainstream expression for an "eat now, regret it later" cheap
restaurant expedition.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-04)
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snarf down
(foldoc) | snarf down
To snarf, with the connotation of absorbing, processing, or
understanding. "I'll snarf down the latest version of the
nethack user's guide - it's been a while since I last
played."
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-04)
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snarf & barf
(jargon) | snarf & barf
/snarf'n·barf`/, n.
Under a WIMP environment, the act of grabbing a region of text and then
stuffing the contents of that region into another region (or the same one)
to avoid retyping a command line. In the late 1960s, this was a mainstream
expression for an ‘eat now, regret it later’ cheap-restaurant expedition.
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snarf down
(jargon) | snarf down
v.
To snarf, with the connotation of absorbing, processing, or
understanding. “I'll snarf down the latest version of the nethack user's
guide — it's been a while since I played last and I don't know what's
changed recently.”
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