different between snog vs snig

English

Etymology

Possibly from the same roots as snug (“to lie close”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

snog (third-person singular simple present snogs, present participle snogging, simple past and past participle snogged)

1. (Britain, slang) To kiss passionately.
   • 2016 Alya, "Gamer", Miraculous

     This is about stepping up and representing, not snuggling up and snogging. This is serious business.

Synonyms

• make out (America)
• pash (Australia)

Translations

Noun

snog (plural snogs)

1. (Britain, slang) A passionate kiss.

Translations

Anagrams

• NGOs, NGSO, Ngos, Song, gons, nogs, song

Danish

Etymology

From the Old Norse snókr (“a snake”) or snákr (“only in poetry; a snake”), from Proto-Germanic *snakô; cognates include the Swedish and Norwegian snok, Icelandic snákur (“a snake”), English snake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sno??/, [sno??]

Noun

snog c (singular definite snogen, plural indefinite snoge)

1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Declension

References

• “snog” in Den Danske Ordbog

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn??ok/

Adjective

snog (comparative snoige)

1. nice, pretty

Mutation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Verb

snig (third-person singular simple present snigs, present participle snigging, simple past and past participle snigged)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, forestry) To drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.
2. (Britain, dialect) To sneak.
3. (Britain, dialect) To chop off; to cut.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz or *snagilaz; related to snail.

Noun

snig (plural snigs)

1. (Britain, dialect) A small eel.

Anagrams

• IGNs, Ings, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, ings, nigs, sign, sing, sing.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?n??i??/

Verb

·snig

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of snigid

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ekavian): sn?g
• (Ijekavian): snij?g

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sn?g?, from Proto-Indo-European *snóyg??os.

Noun

snig m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) snow
   • 1536, Petar Zorani?, Planine:

     Kako sun?en plam

     snig tali ?as svak,

     a vitar bludan

     odgoni oblak,

     tako ljubezan

     tali moj žitak.

   • 1622, Ivan Gunduli?, Suze sina razmetnoga:

     Kami u cvije?u, cvit na snigu,

     Snig na suncu, sunce u no?i.

   • 1759, Antun Kanižli?, Sveta Rožalija:

     Ter po strmu brigu i kamenju idem,

     po trnju, po snigu, po jamah k njoj pridem.