snick
/snɪk/
snick verb: to cut or snip. Also the alternative form of sneck.
Verb (1)
snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)
- To cut or snip.
- I reached out and snicked a white thread that hung from her sleeve.1966, John Fowles, The Magus
- To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.
Noun (1)
snick (plural snicks)
- A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
- Synonyms:
- edge
- A small cut or mark.
- 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.2013, Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, →ISBN
- A knot or irregularity in yarn.
Verb (2)
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 (2)
snick (plural snicks)
- A sharp clicking sound.
- Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick.1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton, published 2005, page 698
Noun (3) capitalized: Snick
Snick (plural Snicks)
- A member of the SNCC.
- Despite differences in race and social background, they and hundreds of other Snicks joined together to commit themselves to defeating the powerful, often sadistic racism that had denied southern blacks equality with whites since the end of the Civil War a century earlier.2013, Michael V. Uschan, “Life as a Snick”, in James Foreman and SNCC, Greenhaven Publishing LLC, →ISBN, page 72
Also used as
snick is also the alternative form of sneck.
Synonyms of snick
Forms of snick
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | snicks |
| present participle | snicking |
| past participle | snicked |
| past | snicked |
| Noun | |
| plural | snicks |
| plural | Snicks |
Origin of snick
Probably from snick or snee.
Imitative.
From the pronunciation of SNCC.
Words formed from snick
Phrases with snick
Words that rhyme with snick
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- nick
- flick
- sick
- unpick
- chick
- dick
- rick
- vic
- wick
- crick
- ick
- shtick
- squick
- stich
- strick
- unstick
- blick
- hick
- inwick
- klick
- mick
- outwick
- pic
- Roman brick
- shlick
- sic
- SLC
- spic
- thicc
- tic
- Vick
- yardstick
- cinematographic
- fic
- flic
- frick
- gick
- hard tick
- hic
- hysteric
- Laconophilic
- megalographic
- miskick
- nic
- rainstick
- restart kick
- schtik
- shift stick
Questions about snick
- What does snick mean?
- Snick means to cut or snip.
- What part of speech is snick?
- Snick can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce snick?
- Snick is pronounced /snɪk/.
- What is the past tense of snick?
- The past tense of snick is snicked.
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