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| snick [ snik ] |
noun (plural snicks) |
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1. snip: a small cut or notch
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2. click: a small clicking noise
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verb (past and past participle snicked, present participle snick·ing, 3rd person present singular snicks) |
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1. transitive verb snip something: to cut something slightly
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2. intransitive verb make click: to make a small clicking noise
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| [Late 17th century. Probably <snick in obsolete snick or snee "to cut or thrust with a knife in a fight" < alteration of Dutch steken "thrust" + dialect variant of snij(d)en "cut"] |
