(n.) A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
(n.) A knot or irregularity in yarn.
(n.) A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast.
(v. t.) To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting.
(v. t.) To hit (a ball) lightly.
(n. & v. t.) See Sneck.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 1965 he was one of the founders and the first national chairman of “Snick”, the famous Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee, which supported Martin Luther King Jr.
(2) Clinical signs were minimal, but occasionally birds were ruffled, exhibited open-mouthed breathing, and developed "snicks."
(3) Snicking occurred in 100% of the birds and mortality reached 50%.
Spick
Definition:
(n.) A spike or nail.
Example Sentences:
(1) But the spick and span stadium:mk, with its executive-standard padded seats throughout, holds 30,000.
(2) Turn left into the village at the Bay Horse, then take the second lane on the left and follow brown signs This spick-and-span, friendly farm has a farmyard full of toys to ride, from tots' scuttlebugs to grown-ups' go-karts.
(3) The Brontë Society keeps the Parsonage [now a museum] incredibly spick and span.