snark
1[ snahrk ]
noun
a mysterious, imaginary animal.
Origin of snark
1First recorded in 1876; coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark
Other definitions for snark (2 of 2)
snark2
[ snahrk ]
verb (used without object)
to be critical in a rude or sarcastic way: to snark about the neighbors.
noun
rude or sarcastic criticism.
Origin of snark
2First recorded in 1910–15; dialectal snark “to nag, find fault with”; apparently identical with snark, snork “to snort, snore,” probably from Dutch, Low German snorken “to snore”
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