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snet

/ˈsnɛt/

snet verb: to clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).

Verb

snet (third-person singular simple present snets, present participle snetting, simple past and past participle snetted)

  1. (obsolete) To clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).
    • snetting his nose1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....

Noun

snet (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) The fat of a deer.
    • deer's, goat's, or lamb's snet1825, Samuel Adams and Sarah Adams, The Complete Servant

Forms of snet

third-person singular presentsnets
present participlesnetting
past participlesnetted
pastsnetted

Origin of snet

From Old English snȳtan, from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną. Compare snot.

Compare German Schnitt (“that which is cut”), from schneiden (“to cut”). Compare English snath.

Questions about snet

What does snet mean?
Snet means to clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).
What part of speech is snet?
Snet can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce snet?
Snet is pronounced /ˈsnɛt/.
What is the past tense of snet?
The past tense of snet is snetted.

Words near snet in the dictionary

  1. snerks
  2. snert
  3. snerts
  4. SNES
  5. SNESes
  6. snet
  7. Snethen
  8. Snethens
  9. snets
  10. snetted
  11. Snetterton

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