(transitive) To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle. / (transitive) To clutch by the bridle. / (transitive, informal) To grab or seize; to snap up.

An airplane that supposedly could detect oil fields underground.

(informal) Something that is decent, acceptable, or worthwhile.

Cepaea nemoralis, one of the most common species of land snail in Europe, with a dark brown lip to its shell.

a kind of snail, Cepaea hortensis, very similar to the grove snail, but with a white band at the lip of the shell.

(countable) The bite of a snake. / (countable, uncountable) A mixture of cider and lager; a serving of this drink.

Likely to snap or bite. / Exhibiting irritation or impatience; curt; irascible.

(gambling, dice games, idiomatic) two ones, after rolling two dice.

A children's luck-based board game of Indian origin, played on a numbered grid, the aim of which is to proceed to the end, and in which ladders aid progress and snakes impede it.

A tubular drum with skins stretched over the top and bottom, and having a set of chains that can be applied to the bottom skin to create a rattling sound.