SNICK

n. v.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A small cut or mark.

2.
n.

A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.

3.
n.

A knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight.

4.
n.

A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. Snick and snee Etym: [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] Wiseman.

5.
v.

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

6.
v.

To hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor.

7.
n.

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.


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