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snick or snee

/snɪk ɔː sniː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
snick- or s-nee
IPA
/snɪk ɔː sniː/
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Etymology

From Dutch steken of snijden (literally “to stab or cut”). The initial st- later assimilated to the sn- of snick.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: steken of snijden

Usage

Inflected Forms

snicks or snees (present, singular) snicking or sneeing (participle, present) snicked or sneed (participle, past) snicked or sneed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

snickersnee

Questions

How do you pronounce snick or snee?
The recorded pronunciation is /snɪk ɔː sniː/.
What does snick or snee mean?
To cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon.
Where does snick or snee come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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