Meaning of SNICK
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- [n] a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat
- [n] a small cut
- [v] cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his cheek"
- [v] hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat, in cricket
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| | See Also: | | contact, cricket, cut, cut, cutting, hit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Snick\, n. [Prov. E. snick a notch; cf. Icel. snikka
nick, cut.]
1. A small cut or mark.
2. (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often
unintentional.
3. (Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. --Knight.
4. (Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.
{Snick and snee} [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with
knives. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
\Snick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snicked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snicking}.]
1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.
--H. Kingsley.
2. (Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. --R. A. Proctor.
\Snick\, n. & v. t.
See {Sneck}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
{Snick up}, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under {Sneck}.
Give him money, George, and let him go snick up.
--Beau. & Fl.
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