sneck
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 5
Definition of sneck
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Northern-England, Scotland)A latch or catch.
“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.”
“The graveyard wall was in good repair, although, surprisingly, the narrow gate's sneck was smashed and it was held-to by a loop of binder twine.”
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noun
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(Northern-England, Scotland)A latch or catch.
“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.”
“The graveyard wall was in good repair, although, surprisingly, the narrow gate's sneck was smashed and it was held-to by a loop of binder twine.”
- (Northern-England, Scotland)The nose.
- A cut.
verb
- (transitive)To latch, to lock.
- (transitive)To cut.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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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