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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.
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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
snick From the web:
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- what's snickers made of
- what snick means
- snickered meaning
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- what snickers taste like
- what snickerpuss meaning
depression
English
Etymology
From Old French depression, from Latin depressio.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??p????n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d??p???(?)n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: de?pres?sion
Noun
depression (countable and uncountable, plural depressions)
- (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future.
- (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
- (psychology) In psychotherapy and psychiatry, a period of unhappiness or low morale which lasts longer than several weeks and may include ideation of self-inflicted injury or suicide.
- (meteorology) An area of lowered air pressure that generally brings moist weather, sometimes promoting hurricanes and tornadoes.
- (economics) A period of major economic contraction.
- (economics, US) Four consecutive quarters of negative, real GDP growth. See NBER.
- The act of lowering or pressing something down.
- Depression of the lever starts the machine.
- (biology, physiology) A lowering, in particular a reduction in a particular biological variable or the function of an organ, in contrast to elevation.
Related terms
- depress
- depressant
- depressing
- depressive
Translations
See also
- downturn
Further reading
- National Bureau of Economic Research on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- depression at OneLook Dictionary Search
- depression in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- depression in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- opensiders, personised, sideperson
Danish
Noun
depression c (singular definite depressionen, plural indefinite depressioner)
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Declension
Further reading
- “depression” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Noun
depression
- Genitive singular form of depressio.
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
depression c
- depression (all meanings).
Declension
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- what depression looks like
- what depression does to the brain
- what depression do i have
- what depression looks like meme
- what depression medication is best for me
- what depression do i have quiz
- what depression feels like quotes
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