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snick or snee

/snɪk ɔː sniː/

snick or snee verb: to cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon.

Verb

snick or snee (third-person singular simple present snicks or snees, present participle snicking or sneeing, simple past and past participle snicked or sneed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon.

Forms of snick or snee

third-person singular presentsnicks or snees
present participlesnicking or sneeing
past participlesnicked or sneed
pastsnicked or sneed

Origin of snick or snee

From Dutch steken of snijden (literally “to stab or cut”). The initial st- later assimilated to the sn- of snick.

Questions about snick or snee

What does snick or snee mean?
Snick or snee means to cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon.
What part of speech is snick or snee?
Snick or snee is a verb.
How do you pronounce snick or snee?
Snick or snee is pronounced /snɪk ɔː sniː/.
What is the past tense of snick or snee?
The past tense of snick or snee is snicked or sneed.

Words near snick or snee in the dictionary

  1. snibbing
  2. snibs
  3. Snibston
  4. snice
  5. snick
  6. snick or snee
  7. snicked
  8. snicked or sneed
  9. snickelfritz
  10. snickelfritzes
  11. snickelway

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