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snick
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sn?k/
Etymology 1
Probably from snick or snee.
Verb
snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)
- (transitive) To cut or snip.
- (cricket) To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.
Noun
snick (plural snicks)
- (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
- A small cut or mark.
- A knot or irregularity in yarn.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
Etymology 2
Imitative.
Verb
snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)
- To make something click, to make a clicking noise.
Noun
snick (plural snicks)
- A sharp clicking sound.
Etymology 3
Verb
snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)
- Alternative form of sneck
Anagrams
- Nicks, nicks, scink
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cleft
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?ft/
- Rhymes: -?ft
Etymology 1
From Middle English clift, from Old English ?eclyft, from Proto-Germanic *(ga)kluftiz. Compare Dutch klucht (“chaotic”), Swedish klyft (“cave, den”) cave, den, German Kluft. See cleave.
Noun
cleft (plural clefts)
- An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXVI:
- Then came some palsied oak, a cleft in him / Like a distorted mouth that splits its rim / Gaping at death, and dies while it recoils.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXVI:
- A piece made by splitting.
- a cleft of wood
- A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- dimple
Verb
cleft (third-person singular simple present clefts, present participle clefting, simple past and past participle clefted)
- (linguistics) To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."
Related terms
- clefting
- cleft sentence
Etymology 2
Verb
cleft
- simple past tense and past participle of cleave
Adjective
cleft (not comparable)
- split, divided, or partially divided into two.
- Synonym: cloven
Translations
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