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- Dictionarysneck/snɛk/
noun
- 1. a latch on a door or window: "she quietly lifted the sneck and slipped out"
verb
- 1. close or fasten (a door or window) with a latch: "sneck the door and hide under the bed when they come"
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Sneck definition: a door latch or its lever.. See examples of SNECK used in a sentence.
sneck in British English. (snɛk ) noun. 1. a small squared stone used in a rubble wall to fill spaces between stones of different height. 2. dialect, mainly Scottish and Northern England. the latch or catch of a door or gate. verb. 3. dialect, mainly Scottish and Northern England.
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb sneck. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in northern English regional dialect and Scottish English.
Jun 2, 2024 · Noun. [ edit] sneck (plural snecks) ( Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch . ( Northern England, Scotland) The nose. A cut. Derived terms. [ edit] Kendal sneck. Verb. [ edit] sneck (third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle snecking, simple past and past participle snecked) ( transitive) To latch, to lock.
n. 1. (Building) a small squared stone used in a rubble wall to fill spaces between stones of different height. 2. dialect chiefly Scot and Northern English the latch or catch of a door or gate. vb. dialect chiefly Scot and Northern English to fasten (a latch) [C15 snekk, of uncertain origin] sneck. ( snɛk) n, vb. a Scot word for snick.
noun. ˈsnek. chiefly dialectal. : latch. Word History. Etymology. Middle English snekke. First Known Use. 14th century, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of sneck was in the 14th century. See more words from the same century. Dictionary Entries Near sneck. sneb. sneckdraw. See More Nearby Entries. Cite this Entry.
sneck: to catch, or to latch something (gate), or a name for the latch itself. “I just knew binder twine would fail to function as a finishing tape, it doesn’t break.” The Scottish Word: sneck with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.
