Sneck

//snɛk// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    The nose. Northern-England, Scotland
  3. 3
    A cut.
Verb
  1. 1
    To latch, to lock. transitive
  2. 2
    To cut. transitive

Synonyms

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noseschnozzschnozzlesnitch

Example

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"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.

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