snopes
snopes verb: to check (information) on the Web site snopes.com for accuracy.
Verb (1)
snopes (third-person singular simple present snopeses, present participle snopesing, simple past and past participle snopesed)
- To check (information) on the Web site snopes.com for accuracy.
- Heh heh you got me.
No, I didn't Snopes it before replying.
Damn. Shame on me.2003 January 26, LadyMackSez, “Stella Awards”, in misc.facts.straight-dope (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022 - Why do people insist on "re-SNOPESing" things that have been proven time and time again are urban legends?2003 January 27, Gus, “Stella Awards”, in misc.facts.straight-dope (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022
- Heh heh you got me.
Proper noun capitalized: Snopes
Snopes (plural Snopeses)
- A surname.
- At the narrowest, Wasps form a select band of well-heeled, well-descended members of the Eastern Establishment; at the widest, they include Okies and Snopeses, "Holy Rollers" and hillbillies.1969 January 17, “Essay: Are the WASPS Coming Back? Have They Ever Been Away?”, in Time, →ISSN
Verb (2) capitalized: Snopes
Snopes (third-person singular simple present Snopeses, present participle Snopesing, simple past and past participle Snopesed)
- Alternative form of snopes.
Examples of snopes in a sentence
- I had some spare time, hence the Googling and Snopesing.2004 January 9, John Hatpin, “Diesel and electric motors on submarines”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
- Check 'em out if you need to (I'm not gonna do your snopesing for you :-) - but why spoil a good story with some factuality?2009 January 11, **Rowland Croucher**, “More Darwin Awards”, in uk.rec.humour (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
- Seriously why does he call himself an intelligent person when all he has to do is snopes stuff before sending out2010 September 15, Ala, “Re: Bulletin: Obama May Not Run in 2012 -- Seriously!”, in alt.pro-wrestling.wwf (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
Forms of snopes
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | snopeses |
| present participle | snopesing |
| past participle | snopesed |
| past | snopesed |
| alternative form | Snopes |
| third-person singular present | Snopeses |
| present participle | Snopesing |
| past participle | Snopesed |
| past | Snopesed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Snopeses |
Words formed from snopes
Questions about snopes
- What does snopes mean?
- Snopes means to check (information) on the Web site snopes.com for accuracy.
- How do you use snopes in a sentence?
- I had some spare time, hence the Googling and Snopesing.
- What part of speech is snopes?
- Snopes can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of snopes?
- The past tense of snopes is snopesed.
Words near snopes in the dictionary
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