Word Direct Answers

What does "snick" mean?

Snick: (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight.
  2. 3.(Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. Snick and snee Etym: [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] Wiseman.
  3. 4.To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. H. Kingsley.
  4. 5.(Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor.
  5. 6.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.

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