sneap
1 synonym for sneap, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To nip, bite, or pinch a person or thing.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
The verb is a variant of snape, from Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snaupijaną, from Proto-Germanic *snūpaną, *snūbaną (“to cut, snap”); further origin unkn...
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