Sniktbub

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A nickname for Wolverine. slang

    "If you're one of the many thousands of comic book fans who skipped over Keanu Reeves' "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and got your Sniktbub trailer fix from a blurry, shaky-cam video on YouTube, I've got some good news for you."

Example

More examples

"If you're one of the many thousands of comic book fans who skipped over Keanu Reeves' "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and got your Sniktbub trailer fix from a blurry, shaky-cam video on YouTube, I've got some good news for you."

Etymology

From snikt (sound of Wolverine's claws) + bub (term of address used by Wolverine).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.