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sneb

/snɛb/

sneb verb: to check; to reprimand.

Verb

sneb (third-person singular simple present snebs, present participle snebbing, simple past and past participle snebbed)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) To check; to reprimand.
    • 16th c, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, Book II, 1725, The Works of the Honourable Sir Philip Sidney, Kt., in Prose and Verse, Volume 1, 14th Edition, page 410,
      Thou heard'ſt even now a young man ſneb me ſore, / Because I read him, as I would my ſon.
    Synonyms:
    sneap, snib, snub

Noun

sneb (plural snebs)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A snub or reprimand.

Synonyms of sneb

Forms of sneb

Verb
third-person singular presentsnebs
present participlesnebbing
past participlesnebbed
pastsnebbed
Noun
pluralsnebs

Origin of sneb

Variant of snib.

Words that rhyme with sneb

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about sneb

What does sneb mean?
Sneb means to check; to reprimand.
What part of speech is sneb?
Sneb can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce sneb?
Sneb is pronounced /snɛb/.
What is the past tense of sneb?
The past tense of sneb is snebbed.

Words near sneb in the dictionary

  1. sneaping
  2. sneaps
  3. sneath
  4. sneaths
  5. sneaux
  6. sneb
  7. snebbed
  8. snebbing
  9. snebs
  10. sneck
  11. sneck lifter

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