Definition of Snicking

1. Verb. (present participle of snick) ¹

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Definition of Snicking

1. snick [v] - See also: snick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snicking

snicker
snicker-snack
snickerdoodle
snickerdoodles
snickered
snickerer
snickerers
snickering
snickeringly
snickers
snickersnee
snickersnees
snickery
snicket
snickets
snicking (current term)
snicks
snide
snidely
snideness
snidenesses
snider
snides
snidest
snie
snied
snies
sniff
sniff out
sniff test

Literary usage of Snicking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The effects of morphine are much more deleterious than those 'of opium- snicking. The smoke of opium, as shown by H. Moissan, contains only a trifling ..."

2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1904)
"A quick, curved forefinger was already snicking off the outer covers. " Why, that's the New York postmark! ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1862)
"He began by snicking the corner of her foot off with nurse's scissors. Then he found that the sawdust dribbled out at the orifice. This was very delightful ..."

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