snite

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noun

A snipe.

OriginMiddle English snyte ← Old English snite →
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Meanings

snite1

nounsnite (plural snites)

plural snites

  1. ScotlandobsoleteA snipe.

    Larks , thrushes , quails , woodcocks , snites , and pheasants, The best that can be got for love or money

    1630, Thomas Randolph, The Muse's Looking-Glass

snite2

verbsnite (third-person singular simple present snites, present participle sniting, simple past and past participle snited)

present singular third person snites · participle present sniting · participle past snited · past snited · alternative snet

  1. Scotlandobsoletetransitiveto blow (one's nose)
  2. Scotlandobsoletetransitiveto snuff (a candle)

Origin

snite · noun

  1. Old Englishsnite
  2. Middle Englishsnyte
  3. Englishsnite

From Middle English snyte, from Old English snite.

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snite · verb

  1. Proto-Germanic*snūtijaną“to blow the nose”
  2. Old Englishsnȳtan“to clear or blow the nose”
  3. Middle Englishsnyten
  4. Englishsnite

From Middle English snyten, from Old English snȳtan (“to clear or blow the nose”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną (“to blow the nose”). Cognate with Old Norse snýta (“to blow the nose”), whence Danish snyde and Swedish snyta sig, and with German sich schneuzen. Related to snout and snot.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

snite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snite

MLA

“snite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snite.

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