snick

American  

[snik] / snɪk /

verb (used with object)

1. to cut, snip, or nick.

2. to strike sharply.

   He snicked the ball with his cue.

3. to snap or click (a gun, trigger, etc.).

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verb (used without object)

1. to click.

noun

1. a small cut; nick.

2. a click.

3. Cricket.

   1. a glancing blow given to the ball.

   2. the ball so hit.

snick British  

/ snɪk /

noun

1. a small cut; notch

2. a knot in thread, etc

3. cricket

   1. a glancing blow off the edge of the bat

   2. the ball so hit

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verb

1. to cut a small corner or notch in (material, etc)

2. 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

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 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

It closes with a satisfying snick and has a springiness to it when you open it up.

From The Verge • Apr. 15, 2019

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

Related Words

• chop
• crack
• hack
• nick
• splinter
• whack