snark

Examples

• All

• 3) Believe me, the last thing we ever expected to find was a Snark.

  Blog text (32)

• Believe me, the last thing we ever expected to find was a Snark.

  Blog text (32)

• The text told me that snark comes from "The Hunting of the Snark," a Lewis Carroll poem that I googled and read.

  Academic text (2012)

• "The hunters of the Snark" hunted till darkness came on, "with not a word of what happened afterward, and Sylvie and Bruno.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Indeed, he drew upon an analogy from Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark to compare League supporters to the man who "at charity meetings stands at the door."

  Academic text (1995)

• I discovered that a stoat is an ermine or short-tailed weasel, and a snark is similar to a snipe, a bird that is impossible to find.

  Academic text (2012)

• In Lewis Carroll's poem 'The Hunting of the Snark,' the Snark is a mysterious creature that captivates the imagination.

• The Snark is an imaginary animal that represents the whimsical and absurd nature of Carroll's work.

• In 'The Hunting of the Snark,' the search for the elusive Snark leads the characters on a fantastical journey.

Synonyms

C

Cheshire cat

vssnark

• Literature

3 7.9

A cat in a story with a wide, strange smile that can disappear

is a general invented animal rather than a specific character with a clear personality

J

Jabberwock

vssnark

• Literature

1 9.9

A frightening made-up monster in Lewis Carroll's poem Jabberwocky

is an invented animal without the explicit menace of a monster

B

bandersnatch

vssnark

• Literature

9.9

A made-up creature people use to mean something strange

is a specific invented animal from a single Carroll poem

B

boojum

vssnark

• Literature

9.9

An imaginary creature in Lewis Carroll's poem or a rare defect in physics

is only an invented animal in a poetic story not a technical term

Surface Forms

Etymology