snickn.1
slang or dialect.
A snack or share. Usually plural.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun]
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1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 59. ¶13 There is no Room for the Encouragement of Industry where the Snicks will hardly pay for a Saturday's Supper.
1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases 151 Snicks, shares, halves.
1891 R. G. K. Wrench Winchester Word-bk. (1901) 51 To go snicks, = to go snacks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
snickn.2
/snɪk/, U.S. /snɪk/ 1.
a. A small cut; a nick, a notch.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > a cut or incision
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > [noun] > making or becoming notched > a notch
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > lock > latch-lock > latch
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1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Snick,..a small snip or cut as in the hair of a beast.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Snick, a cut, a hollow, a notch.
1897 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 4 Dec. (E.D.D.) Mak' a bit of a snick in 't.
b. An act of snipping or slight cutting.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) > an act of snipping, etc.
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snick1898
1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow v. 67 Just a snick of the shears and a dab of walnut juice.
2. Cricket. A light, glancing blow given to the ball by the batter, sending it in the direction of the slips or to leg; a ball so hit.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke
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Harrow drive1851
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on-drive1862
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chop-
1857 Bell's Life in London 19 July 7/5 The last jump from 135 to 158..included many ‘snicks’, not hits.
1879 Sat. Rev. 5 July 21 Standing at short-leg to stop a snick, he caught Mr. Studd off a leg hit.
1891 W. G. Grace Cricket x. 258 He [sc. short-slip] has to run after most of the snicks which pass the wicket-keeper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
snickn.3
/snɪk/, U.S. /snɪk/ A sharp noise; a click.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > click
click1611
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snick-snack1970
1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 241 Suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick.
1899 F. V. Kirby Sport E. Central Afr. ii. 23 I pressed the trigger; but only the ‘snick’ of the striker answered the touch.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
snickn.4
technical.
(See quot. 1875 and cf. snickey adj.)
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > thread or yarn > [noun] > defect or irregularity in
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ballooning1904
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2230/1 Snick,..a knot or irregularity on yarn, removed by passing it through a slotted plate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
Snickn.5
/snɪk/, U.S. /snɪk/ U.S.
The Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee, an organization of black Americans campaigning for civil rights and black power. Also attributive.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > specific societies or organizations > [noun] > specific black association
U.N.I.A.1921
Snick1962
1962 Time 12 Jan. 15/1 To fight segregation in their own way, young Negroes have organized themselves into a federation called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (‘Snick’ for short).
1967 National Observer (U.S.) 27 Nov. 1/4 Snick had its origins in the sit-in movements of 1960.
1967 National Observer (U.S.) 27 Nov. 1/4 Snick leaders consider elections a white man's device to deceive Negroes with false promises.
1967 Telegraph (Austral.) 5 Aug. 2/1 The white man has been violent towards the Negro for 400 years... If we are violent to him he deserves every bit. SNICK is respected because if we say burn, baby, burn, we'll be the first to strike a match.
1978 L. Heren Growing up on The Times ix. 292 In 1964..white students..met members of the student non-violent coordinating committee. Snick, as it was usually called, was still very much a genuine student movement with religious roots.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
snickv.1
/snɪk/, U.S. /snɪk/ Obsolete exc. dialect.
Used with go, or imperatively, and always followed by up, in the sense of ‘go hang’.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for the devil
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(b)1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. F2v I haue beene beleeu'd of your betters, marie snicke vp.1605 London Prodigall v. i Wherefore to prison? snick vp, I owe you nothing.a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 90 We did keepe time sir in our Catches. Snecke vp! View more context for this quotationa1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Snickup, begone; away with you!1883 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (West Yks.). 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. B2 And his men be good fellowes, so it is, if they be not, let them goe sneik vp.
1613 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle iii. sig. F3 Giue him his money George, and let him go snickvp.
1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 1st Pt. i. 6 Goe, let your Master snick-up.
a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let in Wks. (1673) 116 He may go snick-up if he hates Nymphidious.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. iv. 279 Bidding the steward go snick up, if he came to startle us too soon from our goblets.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
snickv.2
/snɪk/, U.S. /snɪk/ 1.
a. transitive. To cut, snip, clip, nick. Also with off, out.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)]
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bite-
1728 Street-robberies, Consider'd 34 Snic, to cut.
1828 Edinb. Rev. May 513 ‘To snick [1825 Jamieson sneck], to cut with a sudden stroke of a sharp instrument.’ Tuagh snaighte is the name given in Ireland to a kind of chip axes which have been found in bogs there. Some have handles and loops for tapering them off readily, in order to be ground: they have also been found in Normandy.
1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe lxiii He began by snicking the corner of her [sc. the doll's] foot off with nurse's scissors.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 422 The third case-maker..quickly snicks out, with a pair of scissors, the superfluous cloth at each of the four corners.
b. intransitive. (Cf. snick v.3 2.)
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1863 C. Reade Hard Cash III. 22 The heavy scissors were heard snick, snick, snicking all day long.
2.
a. transitive. To strike or hit sharply.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > sharply or smartly
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1880 T. E. Webb tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust ii. v. 130 But we nick 'em and we snick 'em, Wherever they may stick.
1891 D. Jordan On Surrey Hills v. 158 He..lets drive, or, as he says, ‘snicks him’, killing him at once.
b. Cricket. To strike (the ball) lightly so that it glances off in the slips or to leg; to obtain (so many runs) in this way.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke
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1871 ‘Thomsonby’ Cricketers in Council 3 The new trundler then put down a tice..which the Surrey colt snicked cleverly through the slips.
1880 Daily Tel. 23 Sept. Bates drove him finely for 4, and snicked him another 4.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Aug. 7 [He] snicked the first ball he received for 3.
3. colloquial. To cut or slip across or along (a road) quickly or sharply.
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society > travel > [verb (transitive)] > go along a way or road > quickly
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snick1883
shred1977
1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 343 The two former jumped an uncompromising piece of timber abreast into the field beyond;..the rest snicked the road for the corner immediately at hand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
snickv.3
/snɪk/, U.S. /snɪk/ 1.
a. transitive. To cause to click or sound sharply.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (transitive)] > click
click1581
snick1828
1828 Ann. Reg., Chron. 25/1 They snicked their guns, but I saw no flash.
1900 S. R. Crockett Black Douglas 9 He stood..drawing it an inch from its sheath and snicking it back again.
b. To turn on, off, out, up, to push open, with a clicking noise.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > open [verb (transitive)] > a door, gate, etc. > unlock, unbolt, etc.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > cause to begin to act or operate > by specific means
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1927 Daily Express 30 Aug. 3/4 As she snicks open the trellised door.
1927 Observer 4 Dec. 12 A Foreman with a lantern..walks down a dark platform snicking on lights.
1959 I. Jefferies Thirteen Days vi. 75 This corner was all wrong for..firing a pistol round..but I snicked the heat out and exposed an eye.
1973 R. Hayes Hungarian Game xxxiv. 207 Hagopian crested the hill and snicked off the ignition.
1977 Detroit Free Press 11 Dec. 15- c/1 The electric vacuum system that snicks lamps up with the tap of a toggle on modern cars.
2.
a. intransitive. To make a sharp, clicking noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (intransitive)] > click
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1892 R. Kipling Barrack-room Ballads 76 Ye may hear a breech-bolt snick where never a man is seen.
b. To move back, to come open, with a click.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] > of a door, gate, etc.
warpa1375
snick1963
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > with a click
snick1963
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [verb (intransitive)] > click > open or move with
snick1963
1963 C. D. Simak They walked like Men xiv. 76 The lock snicked back and the door came open.
1972 J. Potts Trouble-maker (1973) xviii. 146 The back door snicked open.
Derivatives
ˈsnicking n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > click
click1611
clicking1660
click-clack1756
sneck1851
snicking1893
snick1894
heel clicking1915
plock1936
snick-snack1970
1893 W. Raymond Gentleman Upcott's Daughter xiv The snicking of the flint and steel sounded hard and vicious.
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