snick or snee

/snɪk ɔː sniː/

verb

To cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon.

OriginDutch steken of snijden →
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Meanings

verbsnick or snee (third-person singular simple present snicks or snees, present participle snicking or sneeing, simple past and past participle snicked or sneed)

present singular third person snicks or snees · participle present snicking or sneeing · participle past snicked or sneed · past snicked or sneed

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon.

Origin

  1. Dutchsteken of snijden
  2. Englishsnick or snee

From Dutch steken of snijden (literally “to stab or cut”). The initial st- later assimilated to the sn- of snick.

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