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snick
[ snik ]
verb (used with object)
- to cut, snip, or nick.
- to strike sharply:
He snicked the ball with his cue.
- to snap or click (a gun, trigger, etc.).
verb (used without object)
- to click.
noun
- a small cut; nick.
- a click.
- Cricket.
- a glancing blow given to the ball.
- the ball so hit.
snick
/ snɪk /
noun
- a small cut; notch
- a knot in thread, etc
- cricket
- a glancing blow off the edge of the bat
- the ball so hit
verb
- to cut a small corner or notch in (material, etc)
- cricket to hit (the ball) with a snick
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Example Sentences
There's blamed liars round here snick'rin' in their whiskers, and sayin' that you've backed me down.
Now look at the latest returns on the career of my old grammar school chum, Snick Butters.
Why, he would make two of Snick, this Hermy would, and he has a pair of shoulders like a truck horse.
One straight insertion, one snick of a tendon, and it was all over without a stain upon the white towel which lay beneath.
Then the eldest brother cut off the head; snick-snack, and carried it to the chief.
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