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sneck
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sn?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
sneck (plural snecks)
- (Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch.
- 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 2:
- Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first in one little sneck and then another, finally pulling it right to the bottom and pressing the button into the little brass hole.
- 1980, JL Carr, A Month in the Country, Penguin 2010, p. 3:
- The graveyard wall was in good repair, although, surprisingly, the narrow gate's sneck was smashed and it was held-to by a loop of binder twine.
- 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 2:
- (Northern England, Scotland) The nose.
- A cut.
Verb
sneck (third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle snecking, simple past and past participle snecked)
- (transitive) To latch, to lock.
- (transitive) To cut.
Derived terms
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [2]
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]
Anagrams
- Encks, necks
Scots
Verb
sneck (third-person singular present snecks, present participle sneckin, past sneckt, past participle sneckt)
- to click (with a computer mouse)
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sneak
English
Etymology
Possibly from Middle English sniken (“to creep, crawl”), from Old English sn?can (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *sn?kan, from Proto-Germanic *sn?kan? (“to creep, crawl”), which is related to the root of snake. Compare Danish snige (“to sneak”), Swedish snika (“to sneak, hanker after”), Icelandic sníkja (“to sneak, hanker after”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sni?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
Noun
sneak (plural sneaks)
- One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
- The act of sneaking
- A cheat; a con artist.
- Synonyms: con artist, trickster; see also Thesaurus:confidence trickster, Thesaurus:deceiver
- An informer; a tell-tale.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:informant
- (obsolete, cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; a daisy-cutter
- (US) A sneaker; a tennis shoe.
- 2014, Faye McKnight, Goodnight, Bob (page 9)
- We would have been laughed off the street in Philadelphia if we were seen wearing sneaks. In the big city, the young population wore loafers or boots.
- 2014, Faye McKnight, Goodnight, Bob (page 9)
- (American football) A play where the quarterback receives the snap and immediately dives forward.
Translations
Verb
sneak (third-person singular simple present sneaks, present participle sneaking, simple past and past participle sneaked or snuck)
- (intransitive) To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.
- Synonym: skulk
- (transitive) To take something stealthily without permission.
- (ditransitive) To stealthily bring someone something.
- (transitive, dated) To hide, especially in a mean or cowardly manner.
- 1701, William Wake, A rationale upon some texts of Scripture
- [Slander] sneaks its head.
- 1701, William Wake, A rationale upon some texts of Scripture
- (intransitive, informal, with on) To inform an authority of another's misdemeanours.
- Synonyms: grass, snitch, tell tales
Usage notes
- The past and past participle snuck is primarily found in North American English, where it originated in the late 19th century as a dialectal form. It is still regarded as informal by some, but its use appears to be increasing in frequency and acceptability. It is occasionally found in British and Australian/Hiberno-English, too, though regarded as an American form. (See Oxford Dictionaries, The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, Webster's New World College Dictionary.)
- Informally, snook is also often found as the past tense. It is considered nonstandard.
- To sneak (take) something is not the same as to steal something. In this sense, sneak typically implies trying to avoid a supervisor's or guardian's mild displeasure or mild discipline, while steal indicates a more serious action and often the person stealing does not know the owner of the item being stolen.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
sneak (not comparable)
- In advance; before release to the general public.
- In a stealthy or surreptitious manner.
Derived terms
- sneak attack
- sneak peek
- sneak preview
Anagrams
- Kasen, Keans, Snake, akens, asken, kaens, kenas, nakes, skean, snake
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sneak
Verb
sneak
- first-person singular present indicative of sneaken
- imperative of sneaken
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