sneck

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English snek, sneke, snekke, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots sneck. Possibly from Old English *snecce, from Proto-West Germanic *snakikā, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snak- (“to blow; sniff; nibble”) and thus related to English snatch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /snɛk/ Rhymes: -ɛk === Noun === sneck (plural snecks) (Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch. (Northern England, Scotland) The nose. A cut. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === sneck (third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle snecking, simple past and past participle snecked) (transitive) To latch, to lock. (transitive) To cut. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Frank Graham, editor (1987), “SNECK”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “sneck”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN. Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “sneck”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[1], archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4 “Sneck”, in Palgrave’s Word List: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎[2], archived from the original on 5 September 2024, from F[rancis] M[ilnes] T[emple] Palgrave, A List of Words and Phrases in Everyday Use by the Natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham […] (Publications of the English Dialect Society; 74), London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1896, →OCLC. Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3] === Anagrams === Encks, necks == Scots == === Verb === sneck (third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle sneckin, simple past and past participle sneckt) to click (with a computer mouse)