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  • There are more than 20 images in all, showing the ol' Canucklehead kicking and "snikt"-ing his way through various types of enemies and yet another helicopter.

    ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ Video Game Site Launches 2009

  • And it is difficult to convey the joy of seeing big-budget film adaptations of the comics you grew up reading, so faithful to the source material that they even get the sounds exactly right (the 'snikt' of Wolverine's claws and the 'bamf' of Nightcrawler's teleportation in the X-Men movies, for example).

    "The geek shall inherit the earth." M-mv 2004

  • And it is difficult to convey the joy of seeing big-budget film adaptations of the comics you grew up reading, so faithful to the source material that they even get the sounds exactly right (the 'snikt' of Wolverine's claws and the 'bamf' of Nightcrawler's teleportation in the X-Men movies, for example).

    Archive 2004-03-01 M-mv 2004

  • And it is difficult to convey the joy of seeing big-budget film adaptations of the comics you grew up reading, so faithful to the source material that they even get the sounds exactly right (the 'snikt' of Wolverine's claws and the 'bamf' of Nightcrawler's teleportation in the X-Men movies, for example).

    02.04 M-mv 2004

  • And it is difficult to convey the joy of seeing big-budget film adaptations of the comics you grew up reading, so faithful to the source material that they even get the sounds exactly right (the 'snikt' of Wolverine's claws and the 'bamf' of Nightcrawler's teleportation in the X-Men movies, for example).

    02.04 M-mv 2004

  • And it is difficult to convey the joy of seeing big-budget film adaptations of the comics you grew up reading, so faithful to the source material that they even get the sounds exactly right (the 'snikt' of Wolverine's claws and the 'bamf' of Nightcrawler's teleportation in the X-Men movies, for example).

    03.04 M-mv 2004

  • And it is difficult to convey the joy of seeing big-budget film adaptations of the comics you grew up reading, so faithful to the source material that they even get the sounds exactly right (the 'snikt' of Wolverine's claws and the 'bamf' of Nightcrawler's teleportation in the X-Men movies, for example).

    02.04 M-mv 2004

  • Of course if he decides go "snikt" to any or all of the stars of those shows, we're more than cool with that too, bub.

    Mania News Feed Joe Oesterle 2010

  • Does "snikt" lose its power without the accompanying images?

    Comic Book Resources 2009

  • Does "snikt" lose its power without the accompanying images?

    Comic Book Resources 2009

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  • nice

    December 7, 2006

  • "Snikt! To you, that may not sound like much, but for the past 35 years that's been the sound of Wolverine's adamantium claws popping out of his fists. If you don't know who Wolverine is, or that adamantium is the strongest metal in comics, I advise you to step away from this article right now."

    —Grady Hendrix, "I Heart Wolverine: How a ridiculous Canadian mutant conquered the world," Slate.com, 4/30/09

    May 1, 2009

  • Snikt is the sound made by the comic book character Wolverine's claws when he extends them. The spelling is correct because they have to spell it out in comic books.

    Antonym: snakt

    June 9, 2009