Snick

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  • intransitive verb. To cut with short strokes; snip.
  • intransitive verb. To make a small cut in; nick.
  • intransitive verb. To cause (something) to click.
  • intransitive verb. To snip.
  • intransitive verb. To make a nick or nicks.
  • intransitive verb. To click.
  • noun. A cut made by snicking.
  • noun. A clicking sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cut; clip; snip; nick.
  • noun. A small cut; a snip; a nick.
  • noun. In cricket, a hit in which the bat is but slightly moved, the ball glancing off it.
  • noun. A knot or kink, as in yarn or thread where it is twisted too tightly.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.
  • transitive verb. To hit (a ball) lightly.
  • See sneck.
  • shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under Sneck.
  • noun. A small cut or mark.
  • noun. A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
  • noun. A knot or irregularity in yarn.
  • noun. A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.
  • noun. a combat with knives.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to make something click, to make a clicking noise
  • noun. a sharp clicking sound
  • verb. Alternative form of sneck.
  • verb. To cut or snip
  • verb. to hit the ball with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection
  • noun. a small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat
  • verb. hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat
  • verb. cut slightly, with a razor
  • noun. a small cut
  • Word Usage
    "And with the click came another small sound, a brittle sound, barely heard; a sound like "snick," The trap was sprung."
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