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snavelling

snavelling is the present participle and gerund 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 snavelling

What is snavelling the present participle and gerund of?
Snavelling is the present participle and gerund of snavel.

Words near snavelling in the dictionary

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

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