snick

present singular third person snicks · participle present snicking · participle past snicked · past snicked

1. transitiveTo cut or snip.

   I reached out and snicked a white thread that hung from her sleeve.

   1966, John Fowles, The Magus

2. ball gamesTo hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.

plural snicks

1. ball gamesA small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.

   Synonyms: edge

2. A small cut or mark.

   Once the furore had been dampened, the minuscule snick on Billy's knee covered in a Superman plaster[…], I found my mind flashing through multiple matters, like that of a drowning person, only more optimistic.

   2013, Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, →ISBN

3. A knot or irregularity in yarn.

present singular third person snicks · participle present snicking · participle past snicked · past snicked

1. To make something click, to make a clicking noise.

plural snicks

1. A sharp clicking sound.

   Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick.

   1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Naval Treaty, Norton, published 2005, page 698

present singular third person snicks · participle present snicking · participle past snicked · past snicked

1. alternativeAlternative form of sneck

plural Snicks

1. UShistoricalA member of the SNCC.

   Despite differences in race and social background, they and hundreds of other Snicks joined together to commit themselves to defeating the powerful, often sadistic racism that had denied southern blacks equality with whites since the end of the Civil War a century earlier.

   2013, Michael V. Uschan, “Life as a Snick”, in James Foreman and SNCC, Greenhaven Publishing LLC, →ISBN, page 72