snark

1
[ snahrk ]

noun
  1. a mysterious, imaginary animal.

Origin of snark

1
First 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)
  1. to be critical in a rude or sarcastic way: to snark about the neighbors.

noun
  1. rude or sarcastic criticism.

Origin of snark

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First 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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