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snavelled

snavelled is the simple past and past participle of snavel.

Meaning of snavel

Verb

snavel (third-person singular simple present snavels, present participle (US) snaveling or (UK) snavelling, simple past and past participle (US) snaveled or (UK) snavelled)

  1. To steal; to pickpocket.
    • Then he missed his silk handkerchief. “Ghost!” he said, breathing heavily. “Mag′s snavelled it! […] ”1902, Barbara Baynton, Bush Studies, 2009, Sydney University Press, page 59
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) To snatch.
    • Paul tried to snavel Dan′s chair from under him.

Questions about snavelled

What is snavelled the simple past and past participle of?
Snavelled is the simple past and past participle of snavel.

Words near snavelled in the dictionary

  1. snaughles
  2. snaughling
  3. snausage
  4. snausages
  5. snavel
  6. snavelled
  7. snavelling
  8. snavels
  9. Snavely
  10. Snavelys
  11. Snay

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