"Snopes" meaning in English

See Snopes in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Snopeses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Snopeses}} Snopes (plural Snopeses)
  1. A surname. Derived forms: Snopesism
    Sense id: en-Snopes-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12

Verb

Forms: Snopeses [present, singular, third-person], Snopesing [participle, present], Snopesed [participle, past], Snopesed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} Snopes (third-person singular simple present Snopeses, present participle Snopesing, simple past and past participle Snopesed)
  1. Alternative form of snopes Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: snopes
    Sense id: en-Snopes-en-verb-EPJJWP49

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Snopeses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Snopeses"
      },
      "expansion": "Snopes (plural Snopeses)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Snopesism"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              150,
              158
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1969 January 17, “Essay: Are the WASPS Coming Back? Have They Ever Been Away?”, in Time, →ISSN:",
          "text": "At the narrowest, Wasps form a select band of well-heeled, well-descended members of the Eastern Establishment; at the widest, they include Okies and Snopeses, \"Holy Rollers\" and hillbillies.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "id": "en-Snopes-en-name-EMUC1F3L",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Snopes"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Snopeses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Snopesing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Snopesed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Snopesed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Snopes (third-person singular simple present Snopeses, present participle Snopesing, simple past and past participle Snopesed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "snopes"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of snopes"
      ],
      "id": "en-Snopes-en-verb-EPJJWP49",
      "links": [
        [
          "snopes",
          "snopes#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Snopes"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Snopesism"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Snopeses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Snopeses"
      },
      "expansion": "Snopes (plural Snopeses)",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              150,
              158
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1969 January 17, “Essay: Are the WASPS Coming Back? Have They Ever Been Away?”, in Time, →ISSN:",
          "text": "At the narrowest, Wasps form a select band of well-heeled, well-descended members of the Eastern Establishment; at the widest, they include Okies and Snopeses, \"Holy Rollers\" and hillbillies.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Snopes"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Snopeses",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Snopesing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Snopesed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Snopesed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Snopes (third-person singular simple present Snopeses, present participle Snopesing, simple past and past participle Snopesed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "snopes"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of snopes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snopes",
          "snopes#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Snopes"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Snopes meaning in English (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (aeaf2a1 and fb63907). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.