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sneck

/snɛk/

sneck noun: a latch or catch.

Noun

sneck (plural snecks)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch.
    • Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first in one little sneck and then another, finally pulling it right to the bottom and pressing the button into the little brass hole.1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 2
    • The graveyard wall was in good repair, although, surprisingly, the narrow gate's sneck was smashed and it was held-to by a loop of binder twine.1980, JL Carr, A Month in the Country, Penguin, published 2010, page 3
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) The nose.
  3. A cut.

Verb

sneck (third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle snecking, simple past and past participle snecked)

  1. (transitive) To latch, to lock.
  2. (transitive) To cut.

Forms of sneck

Noun
pluralsnecks
Verb
third-person singular presentsnecks
present participlesnecking
past participlesnecked
pastsnecked

Origin of sneck

From Middle English snek, sneke, snekke, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots sneck. Possibly from Old English *snecce, from Proto-West Germanic *snakikā, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snak- (“to blow; sniff; nibble”) and thus related to English snatch.

Words formed from sneck

Phrases with sneck

Words that rhyme with sneck

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Questions about sneck

What does sneck mean?
Sneck means a latch or catch.
What part of speech is sneck?
Sneck can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce sneck?
Sneck is pronounced /snɛk/.
What is the plural of sneck?
The plural of sneck is snecks.

Words near sneck in the dictionary

  1. sneaux
  2. sneb
  3. snebbed
  4. snebbing
  5. snebs
  6. sneck
  7. sneck lifter
  8. sneck lifters
  9. sneck posset
  10. sneck possets
  11. sneck up

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