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snit
English
Etymology
Also perhaps from the German “schnitt” which is a portion of beer that is smaller than a glass.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sn?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Noun
snit (plural snits)
- A temper; a lack of patience; a bad mood.
- He's in a snit because he got passed over for promotion.
- 2013, Florida Ann Town, On the Rim (page 84)
- She was confused. Now that he had worked himself into a snit he'd be angry if she unmade the bed and did what he wanted.
- A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters.
- (US, dialect) A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois.
- The bartender served us each a snit with our Bloody Marys this morning.
See also
- snitty
- snit fit
Anagrams
- Inst., NIST, NTIS, TINs, Tsin, inst, inst., ints, isn't, nits, tins
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Old High German snita, from Proto-Germanic *snidaz (“cut, slice, piece”).
Noun
snit f
- (Luserna) cut, slice, piece
References
- “snit” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
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snib
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sn?b/
Noun
snib (plural snibs)
- (Scotland, Australia) A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 99:
- He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.
- 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin 2009, p. 99:
- (obsolete) A reprimand; a snub.
- 1601, John Marston, What You Will
- ill - strain'd snibs
- 1601, John Marston, What You Will
Verb
snib (third-person singular simple present snibs, present participle snibbing, simple past and past participle snibbed)
- (Scotland, Australia) To latch (a door, window etc.).
- 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, VI:
- ‘Window is snibbed on the inner side. Frame-work is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.’
- 1890, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, VI:
Anagrams
- ISBN, NiSb, bins, nibs
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