snick

Examples

• All

• There was a soft snick as the lock was engaged.

• He closed his eyes, but the snick-snick of the flaying only grew louder.

  Fiction book (2000)

• She heard him moving about, setting the bowl down on the table, carrying the coffee cups to the kitchen, steps coming back, the poker being taken from the rack, another log added, the fire screen being fitted into place, the snick of the light switches being turned off.

  Fiction book (1994)

• All of these effects were trundled out to the shed in the yard, where some were put in place and others put into ironbound chests of wood that locked with a snick-clack sound like jackdaws laughing.

  Fiction book (2000)

• There was a loud snick, and Brennan saw light glint off a shiny blade.

• Noiselessly moving her mouth, Noomi is trying to read the thin, scratchy captions below the photographs when she's interrupted by the snick, snick, snick of a pair of scissors.

Synonyms

N

nick

vssnick

200 3.6

A small cut in a surface or object

is a sharp small cut or the small sharp sound it makes

N

notch

vssnick

85 3.9

A small cut on a surface used to keep a count

is the sharp small cut or the small sharp sound instead

C

check

vssnick

5 5.8

A small chip or notch in the surface of something

is a sharp small cut or its short sharp sound

K

knick

vssnick

1 4.6

A small cut or mark on a surface that appears when something hits it

is similar but can occur deliberately as well

Surface Forms

Etymology