Snick
[snik]
Definition
(noun.) a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat.
(verb.) hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat.
Checked by Anita--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A small cut or mark.
(n.) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
(n.) A knot or irregularity in yarn.
(n.) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.
(v. t.) To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.
(v. t.) To hit (a ball) lightly.
(n. & v. t.) See Sneck.
Editor: Paula
Definition
v.t. to cut snip nick.—n. a small cut: a knot in yarn when too tightly twisted.—n. Snick′ersnee a knife.—Snick and snee a fight with knives also a knife.
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Examples
- They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He heard a bolt snick as it was pulled back. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There was a sharp snick as the electric light was turned on. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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