"snick or snee" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /snɪk ɔː sniː/ Forms: snicks or snees [present, singular, third-person], snicking or sneeing [participle, present, singular, third-person], snicked or sneed [participle, past, present, singular, third-person], snicked or sneed [past, present, singular, third-person]
Etymology: From Dutch steken of snijden (literally “to stab or cut”). The initial st- later assimilated to the sn- of snick. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|steken of snijden|lit=to stab or cut}} Dutch steken of snijden (literally “to stab or cut”) Head templates: {{en-verb|snick<> or snee<>}} snick or snee (third-person singular simple present snicks or snees, present participle snicking or sneeing, simple past and past participle snicked or sneed)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To cut or thrust while fighting with a knife; to use a knife as a weapon. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Related terms: snickersnee

Inflected forms

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