snick [
snik]
snick[ noun ]- a small cut
<noun.act>
- a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat
<noun.act>
[ verb ]- hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat
<verb.contact>
- cut slightly, with a razor
<verb.contact> nick
The barber's knife nicked his cheek
Snick \Snick\, n. [Prov. E. snick a notch; cf. Icel. snikka
nick, cut.]
1. A small cut or mark.
2. (Cricket) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often
unintentional.
3. (Fiber) A knot or irregularity in yarn. --Knight.
4. (Furriery) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.
{Snick and snee} [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with
knives. [Obs.] --Wiseman.
Snick \Snick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snicked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snicking}.]
1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.
--H. Kingsley.
2. (Cricket) To hit (a ball) lightly. --R. A. Proctor.
Snick \Snick\, n. & v. t.
See {Sneck}. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
{Snick up}, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under {Sneck}.
Give him money, George, and let him go snick up.
--Beau. & Fl.