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snick

  [snik]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cut, snip, or nick.
2. to strike sharply: He snicked the ball with his cue.
3. to snap or click (a gun, trigger, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
4. to click.
–noun
5. a small cut; nick.
6. a click.
7. Cricket.
a. a glancing blow given to the ball.
b. the ball so hit.
Origin:
1550–60; orig. uncert.; cf. Scots sneck to cut (off), ON snikka to whittle
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snick   (snĭk)   
v.   snicked, snick·ing, snicks

v.   tr.
  1. To cut with short strokes; snip: snicked off a corner of the material.
  2. To make a small cut in; nick.
  3. To cause (something) to click: I snicked the door shut.
v.   intr.
  1. To snip: snicked with the shears.
  2. To make a nick or nicks.
  3. To click: The latch snicked open.
n.  
  1. A cut made by snicking.
  2. A clicking sound: "I heard a little snick and a flashlight came on" (Anthony Hyde).

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Snick

Snick\, n. [Prov. E. snick a notch; cf. Icel. snikka nick, cut.]

1. A small cut or mark.

2. (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.

3. (Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. --Knight.

4. (Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.

Snick and snee [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] --Wiseman.

Snick

Snick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Snicking.]

1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. --H. Kingsley.

2. (Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. --R. A. Proctor.

Snick

Snick\, n. & v. t. See Sneck. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Snick up, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under Sneck.

Give him money, George, and let him go snick up. --Beau. & Fl.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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snick 
1962, Amer.Eng., from common pronunciation of SNCC, acronym for "Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee," black civil rights organization.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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