sneap
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- verb To check; reprove abruptly; reprimand.
- verb To nip; bite; pinch.
- noun A reprimand; a rebuke; a check; a snub.
Examples
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My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply.
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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."
Note
The word 'sneap' may be related to 'snip' and 'snub' but also possibly to an Icelandic word meaning 'dishonor'.
