different between snick vs marking

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)

1. (transitive) To cut or snip.
2. (cricket) To hit (the ball) with the edge of the bat, causing a slight deflection.

Noun

snick (plural snicks)

1. (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the side of the bat; often carries to the wicketkeeper for a catch.
2. A small cut or mark.
3. 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)

1. To make something click, to make a clicking noise.

Noun

snick (plural snicks)

1. A sharp clicking sound.

Etymology 3

Verb

snick (third-person singular simple present snicks, present participle snicking, simple past and past participle snicked)

1. Alternative form of sneck

Anagrams

• Nicks, nicks, scink

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??k??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??k??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k??

Verb

marking

1. present participle of mark

Noun

marking (countable and uncountable, plural markings)

1. The action of marking.
2. A mark.
3. The characteristic colouration and patterning of an animal.
4. (graph theory) Any configuration of a Petri net with a number of marks or tokens distributed across it.

Derived terms

• marking blue
• marking error
• marking fire
• marking out
• price marking
• submarking