Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo eat or consume greedily. · To take something by dubious means, but without the connotations of stealing; to take something without regard to etiquette. · To slurp (computing slang sense); to load in entirely; to copy as a whole. · To fetch (in general).
Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, perhaps a blend of snack + scarf or snort + scarf. First attested in 1963.
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