different between nig vs snig

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Clipping of niggard. Unrelated to nigger.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

1. (archaic) niggard

Etymology 2

Clipping of nigger.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) nigger
   • 1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War

     In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.

Verb

nig (third-person singular simple present nigs, present participle nigging, simple past and past participle nigged)

1. (Internet slang, ethnic slur) to behave as a stereotypical black person

Anagrams

• -ing, -ïng, GNI, IGN, NGI, gin, ing

Volapük

Noun

nig (nominative plural nigs)

1. ink

Declension

Derived terms

• nigiär

Yapese

Noun

nig

1. fish

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Verb

snig (third-person singular simple present snigs, present participle snigging, simple past and past participle snigged)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, forestry) To drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.
2. (Britain, dialect) To sneak.
3. (Britain, dialect) To chop off; to cut.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz or *snagilaz; related to snail.

Noun

snig (plural snigs)

1. (Britain, dialect) A small eel.

Anagrams

• IGNs, Ings, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, ings, nigs, sign, sing, sing.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n??i??/

Verb

·snig

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of snigid

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ekavian): sn?g
• (Ijekavian): snij?g

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sn?g?, from Proto-Indo-European *snóyg??os.

Noun

snig m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) snow
   • 1536, Petar Zorani?, Planine:

     Kako sun?en plam

     snig tali ?as svak,

     a vitar bludan

     odgoni oblak,

     tako ljubezan

     tali moj žitak.

   • 1622, Ivan Gunduli?, Suze sina razmetnoga:

     Kami u cvije?u, cvit na snigu,

     Snig na suncu, sunce u no?i.

   • 1759, Antun Kanižli?, Sveta Rožalija:

     Ter po strmu brigu i kamenju idem,

     po trnju, po snigu, po jamah k njoj pridem.