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snick

  [snik]
Use snick in a Sentence
–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).


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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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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