Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
snick |
noun |
A small cut or mark., A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional., A knot or irregularity in yarn., A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast., To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting., To hit (a ball) lightly., See Sneck. |
snide |
adjective |
Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods. |
snift |
|
of Sniff, To snort., To sniff; to snuff; to smell., A moment., Slight snow; sleet. |
sniff |
verb t. |
To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; — sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt., To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country., To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger., The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air. |
snigg |
noun |
A small eel. |
snipe |
noun |
Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak., A fool; a blockhead. |
snite |
noun |
A snipe., To blow, as the nose; to snuff, as a candle. |