snick
Americanverb (used with object)
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to cut, snip, or nick.
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to strike sharply.
He snicked the ball with his cue.
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to snap or click (a gun, trigger, etc.).
verb (used without object)
noun
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a small cut; nick.
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a click.
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Cricket.
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a glancing blow given to the ball.
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the ball so hit.
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noun
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a small cut; notch
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a knot in thread, etc
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cricket
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a glancing blow off the edge of the bat
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the ball so hit
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verb
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to cut a small corner or notch in (material, etc)
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cricket to hit (the ball) with a snick
Etymology
Origin of snick
1550–60; origin uncertain; compare Scots sneck to cut (off ), Old Norse snikka to whittle
Example Sentences
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Off Anderson's bowling, Labuschagne offered a regulation snick from a back-foot drive only for Buttler to spill the ball at a comfortable height moving to his right.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021
It snaps on the back of a caseless iPhone with a satisfying snick.
From The Verge • Jul. 23, 2021
It crunches around in the glass, and you can hear its eyes snick in their sockets as it anxiously looks all around your small apartment.
From Slate • May 30, 2020
He threw everything at a full ball slanted across him that didn't swing back in, but it was just too wide and he could only snick it through to Akmal.
From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010
Then she stepped back into the hallway, and in a moment they heard the snick of a box being slit open.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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