Sneap
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /sniːp/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Sneap is a verb meaning To bite, nip, or pinch (someone or something).
Meaning
To bite, nip, or pinch (someone or something).
More Meanings
- (also figuratively) To check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.
- (informal) To offend (someone); to put (someone's) nose out of joint.
- (obsolete) A rebuke; a reprimand.
Example Sentences
Nay, I am gone. I'm a man quickly sneaped.
My Lord I will not vndergoe this ſnepe vvithout reply, […]
That vvee doe enough hate our corruptions, vvhen (at our ſharpeſt) vve doe but gently ſneape them, […]
But life that's here, / VVhen into it the ſoul doth cloſely vvind, / Is often ſneep'd by anguiſh and by fear, / VVith vexing pain and range that ſhe no'te eaſly bear.
Word Forms
- sneaps
- sneaping
- sneaped
- sneep
Synonyms for sneap
Depending on context, synonyms include snape.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nibble, snap, snaffle, snipe, knep, nipper.
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