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"etymology_text": "The verb is a variant of snape, from Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snaupijaną, from Proto-Germanic *snūpaną, *snūbaną (“to cut, snap”); further origin unknown.\nThe noun is derived from the verb.",
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{
"form": "sneaps",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sneap (plural sneaps)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"A rebuke; a reprimand."
],
"links": [
[
"rebuke",
"rebuke#Noun"
],
[
"reprimand",
"reprimand#Noun"
]
],
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"(obsolete) A rebuke; a reprimand."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/sniːp/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/snip/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːp"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "sneap"
}
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