snick
IPA: snɪk
noun
- (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
- A small cut or mark.
- A knot or irregularity in yarn.
- A sharp clicking sound.
- (US, historical) A member of the SNCC.
verb
- (transitive) To cut or snip.
- (cricket) To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.
- To make something click, to make a clicking noise.
- Alternative form of sneck [(transitive) To latch, to lock.]
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Examples of "snick" in Sentences
- As you know, Snick iki's not working.
- I'm just trying to merge all the Snick blocks into one artical.
- I turned the key and heard the elevator lock "snick" into place.
- The article Snick and Snarl has been or soon will be deleted from Wikipedia.
- From the minute I'd heard the "snick" of the tiny padlock securing it at my throat I'd wanted it off.
- And with the click came another small sound, a brittle sound, barely heard; a sound like "snick," The trap was sprung.
- You'd hear a kind of snick, and see a bit of dust and plaster drop from the wall, and a hole appear that the plaster dropped out of.
- His name is Charles Sherrod, and he was an early leader of the Student Non-Violent Coodinating Commitee, or SNCC (pronounced "snick").
- The gearboxes were also spot-on, with every shift coming not only crisply and precisely but also with a certain mechanical "snick" that's lacking in, say, a Civic from Honda Motors.
- Almost simultaneously there was a sharp metallic "snick," an electric bulb hanging from the ceiling flamed out luminously, a cupboard door flashed open, a voice cried out in joyous, perfect English: "Thank God for a man!"
- Meiklejohn received three bullets through his upper right arm, one through the right forearm, a finger blown away, a bullet through the left thigh, two bullets through the helmet, a "snick" in the neck, while his sword and scabbard were literally shot to pieces.
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