snaffle

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

snaffles

1.
A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and the corners of the mouth, and is often used as a training bit.
2.
(figuratively)Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

snaffles

V_ing/Gerund

snaffling

V_ed/pp

snaffled

1.
(transitive)To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.
2.
(broadly, figuratively, transitive)(transitive, figurative, by extension) To quell or suppress.
3.
(transitive)To clutch by the bridle.
4.
(informal, transitive)To grab or seize; to snap up.
5.
(informal, transitive)To purloin, or obtain by devious means.
6.
(Norfolk, UK, archaic, intransitive)To talk foolishly.

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Đồng nghĩa

bradoon

Cùng gốc / liên quan

snafflerforesnafflesnaffle up

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Nguồn gốc từ

Apparently from nl snavel, from dum snavel, snabel (snout), diminutive of dum snabbe, snebbe (bird's bill, neb). Akin to snavel mouth, Middle Low German snabbe (neb, beak), Old English nebb (beak, bill, nose, face). More at neb.