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snick |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snick \Snick\, n. [Prov. E. snick a notch; cf Icel. snikka nick, cut.] 1. A small cut or mark. 2. (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional. 3. (Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. --Knight. 4. (Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. {Snick and snee} [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] --Wiseman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snick \Snick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snicked}; p. pr & vb n. {Snicking}.] 1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off as by cutting. --H. Kingsley. 2. (Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. --R. A. Proctor. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snick \Snick\, n. & v. t. See {Sneck}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] {Snick up}, shut up silenced. See Sneck up under {Sneck}. Give him money, George, and let him go snick up --Beau. & Fl From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: snick n 1: a small cut [syn: {notch}, {nick}] 2: a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat v 1: hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat, in cricket 2: cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheeck" [syn: {nick}]
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