Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cut with short strokes; snip.
- intransitive verb To make a small cut in; nick.
- intransitive verb To cause (something) to click.
- intransitive verb To snip.
- intransitive verb To make a nick or nicks.
- intransitive verb To click.
- noun A cut made by snicking.
- noun A clicking sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small cut; a snip; a nick.
- noun In cricket, a hit in which the bat is but slightly moved, the ball glancing off it.
- noun A knot or kink, as in yarn or thread where it is twisted too tightly.
- To cut; clip; snip; nick.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small cut or mark.
- noun (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
- noun (Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn.
- noun (Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.
- noun [Obs.] a combat with knives.
- Prov. Eng. & Scot. See
sneck . - shut up; silenced. See
Sneck up , underSneck . - transitive verb To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.
- transitive verb (Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
cut orsnip - verb cricket to hit the ball with the edge of the bat, causing a slight
deflection - noun cricket a small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch
- verb to make something
click , to make a clicking noise - noun a sharp clicking sound
- verb Alternative form of
sneck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat
- verb hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat
- verb cut slightly, with a razor
- noun a small cut
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And with the click came another small sound, a brittle sound, barely heard; a sound like "snick," The trap was sprung.
Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010
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You'd hear a kind of snick, and see a bit of dust and plaster drop from the wall, and a hole appear that the plaster dropped out of.
"THE WAR" -- EXCERPT FROM "GINNY BATES" Maggie Jochild 2007
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From the minute I'd heard the "snick" of the tiny padlock securing it at my throat I'd wanted it off.
Touch of Evil 2006
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The gearboxes were also spot-on, with every shift coming not only crisply and precisely but also with a certain mechanical "snick" that's lacking in, say, a Civic from Honda Motors.
2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata Michael Frank 2006
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I turned the key and heard the elevator lock "snick" into place.
Touch of Evil 2006
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Meiklejohn received three bullets through his upper right arm, one through the right forearm, a finger blown away, a bullet through the left thigh, two bullets through the helmet, a "snick" in the neck, while his sword and scabbard were literally shot to pieces.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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Almost simultaneously there was a sharp metallic "snick," an electric bulb hanging from the ceiling flamed out luminously, a cupboard door flashed open, a voice cried out in joyous, perfect English: "Thank God for a man!"
Cleek, the Master Detective Thomas W. Hanshew 1885
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Almost simultaneously there was a sharp metallic "snick," an electric bulb hanging from the ceiling flamed out luminously, a cupboard door flashed open, a voice cried out in joyous, perfect English: "Thank God for a man!"
Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885
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His name is Charles Sherrod, and he was an early leader of the Student Non-Violent Coodinating Commitee, or SNCC (pronounced "snick").
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His name is Charles Sherrod, and he was an early leader of the Student Non-Violent Coodinating Commitee, or SNCC (pronounced "snick").
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"snick snack snorum!" -The Sword in the Stone
September 26, 2009