Snick

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A small cut or mark.

2. A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.

3. A knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight.

4. A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. Snick and snee Etym: [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

See Sneck. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Snick up, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under Sneck. Give him money, George, and let him go snick up. Beau & Fl.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. H. Kingsley.

2. To hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor.