snick
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See also: Snick
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Probably from snick or snee.
Verb[edit]
snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)
- (transitive) To cut or snip.
- 1966, John Fowles, The Magus:
- I reached out and snicked a white thread that hung from her sleeve.
- (cricket) To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.
Noun[edit]
snick (plural snicks)
- (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
- A small cut or mark.
- 2013, Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy[1], →ISBN:
- Once the furore had been dampened, the minuscule snick on Billy's knee covered in a Superman plaster […] , I found my mind flashing through multiple matters, like that of a drowning person, only more optimistic.
- A knot or irregularity in yarn.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Snick”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes III (REA–ZYM), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
Etymology 2[edit]
Imitative.
Verb[edit]
snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)
- To make something click, to make a clicking noise.
Noun[edit]
snick (plural snicks)
- A sharp clicking sound.
- 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton, published 2005, page 698:
- Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick.
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)
- Alternative form of sneck