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✂️ To cut slightly 🏏 A light hit 🏏 To hit lightly ✂️ A small cut
to snick

to snick

9.9
To hit the ball with a light glancing blow from the bat's edge
  • verb
  • /snɪk/
  • UK
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  • During the match, the batsman snicked the delivery, resulting in a catch for the wicketkeeper.

Examples

  • The player snicked the ball just enough to edge it into the slips during the second innings.

  • Behind her, the door snicked shut again.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • When the door snicked open, she paced to Staffa's double lock and entered.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • It snicked shut.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • He snicked the ball with the edge of his bat, sending it to the fielder behind the wicket.

How Solid

hit
459 1.0
to snick
  • UK
9.9
nick
200 3.6
to graze
31 3.7

Surface Forms

snick infinitive
snicked past
snicked past participle
snicking present participle
snicks third person singular

Etymology

To snick in cricket is to give the ball a quick, glancing hit that makes a small 'snick' sound and often leads to a catch behind the wicket. So to snick the ball is to brush it off the bat's edge and create that sharp noise.