Sneck
/snɛk/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A latch or catch. Northern-England, Scotland
"Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first in one little sneck and then another, finally pulling it right to the bottom and pressing the button into the little brass hole."
- 2 The nose. Northern-England, Scotland
- 3 A cut.
Verb
- 1 To latch, to lock. transitive
- 2 To cut. transitive
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first in one little sneck and then another, finally pulling it right to the bottom and pressing the button into the little brass hole."
Etymology
From Middle English snek, sneke, snekke, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots sneck. Possibly from Old English *snecce, from Proto-West Germanic *snakikā, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snak- (“to blow; sniff; nibble”) and thus related to English snatch.