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sneap - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sneap'

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete), (l) (dialectal),

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (dialectal) To check; reprove abruptly; reprimand; rebuke; chide.
  • (Bishop Hall)
  • (dialectal) To nip; bite; pinch; blast; blight.
  • (Shakespeare) - King Ferdinand of Navarre; Berowne is like an envious sneaping frost, That bites the first born infants of the spring. - Line 100 from Love's Labour's Lost
  • (dialectal) To thwart; offend.
  • (colloquial) To put someone's nose out of joint; offend.
  • She was sneaped when she wasn't invited to his party.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete) A reprimand; a rebuke.
  • * Shakespeare
  • My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply.

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