Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To check; reprove abruptly; reprimand.
- To nip; bite; pinch.
- noun A reprimand; a rebuke; a check; a snub.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To check; to reprimand; to rebuke; to chide.
- transitive verb obsolete To nip; to blast; to blight.
- noun obsolete A reprimand; a rebuke.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, dialectal To
check ;reprove abruptly;reprimand ;rebuke ;chide . - verb transitive, dialectal To
nip ;bite ;pinch ;blast ;blight . - verb transitive, dialectal To
thwart ;offend . - verb colloquial To put someone's nose out of joint; offend.
- noun obsolete A
reprimand ; arebuke .
Etymologies
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Examples
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My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply.
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My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply.
Act II. Scene I. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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Soon afterwards she came flying to him in the utmost delight to repeat what she called a "lovely sneap" which Lady
A Dozen Ways Of Love Lily Dougall 1890
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She spoke to him of his luckless courtship of Widow Denison (a most unpleasant topic), thus giving a clue to the whole situation, in showing that Madam Winthrop resented his desertion of her in his first widowerhood, and like Falstaff, would not "undergo a sneap without reply."
Customs and Fashions in Old New England Alice Morse Earle 1881
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My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply.
oroboros commented on the word sneap
To repress into silence according to NPR's Says You.
January 18, 2014