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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 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.
Sneck definition: a door latch or its lever.. See examples of SNECK used in a sentence.
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.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the verb sneck mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb sneck. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in Scottish English. Entry status.
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.
