snark
1[ snahrk ]
/ snɑrk /
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noun
a mysterious, imaginary animal.
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Origin of snark
1First recorded in 1876; coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark
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[ snahrk ]
/ snɑrk /
verb (used without object)
to be critical in a rude or sarcastic way: to snark about the neighbors.
noun
rude or sarcastic criticism.
Origin of snark
21910–15; dial. snark ‘to nag, find fault with’; apparently identical with snark, snork ‘to snort, snore’, probably <Dutch, Low German snorken ‘to snore’
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