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View synonyms for snick
snick
[ snik ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut, snip, or nick.
- to strike sharply:
He snicked the ball with his cue.
- to snap or click (a gun, trigger, etc.).
verb (used without object)
- to click.
noun
- a small cut; nick.
- a click.
- Cricket.
- a glancing blow given to the ball.
- the ball so hit.
snick
/ snɪk /
noun
- a small cut; notch
- a knot in thread, etc
- cricket
- a glancing blow off the edge of the bat
- the ball so hit
verb
- to cut a small corner or notch in (material, etc)
- cricket to hit (the ball) with a snick
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snick1
1550–60; origin uncertain; compare Scots sneck to cut (off ), Old Norse snikka to whittle
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snick1
C18: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse snikka to whittle, Swedish snicka
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Example Sentences
There's blamed liars round here snick'rin' in their whiskers, and sayin' that you've backed me down.
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Now look at the latest returns on the career of my old grammar school chum, Snick Butters.
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Why, he would make two of Snick, this Hermy would, and he has a pair of shoulders like a truck horse.
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One straight insertion, one snick of a tendon, and it was all over without a stain upon the white towel which lay beneath.
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Then the eldest brother cut off the head; snick-snack, and carried it to the chief.
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