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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>SNIDERY</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="snidery"> snidery, noun, pl. -eries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. snide quality or character. <DD> 2. a snide remark. Ex. ... those sardonic snideries which come too readily to one's lips (Kenneth Allsop). </DL> <A NAME="sniff"> sniff, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to draw air through the nose in short, quick breaths that can be heard. Ex. The man who had a cold was sniffing. <DD> 2. to smell with sniffs. Ex. The dog sniffed suspiciously at the stranger. <DD> 3. to show scorn or express contempt by sniffing. <DD>v.t. 1. to try the smell of; test by sniffing. Ex. I sniffed the medicine before taking a spoonful of it. <DD> 2. to draw in through the nose with the breath. Ex. He sniffed steam to clear his head. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to suspect; detect. Ex. to sniff danger. The police sniffed a hideout and entered. <DD>noun 1. the act or sound of sniffing. Ex. He cleared his nose with a loud sniff. <DD> 2. a single breathing in of something; breath. <DD> 3. a smell; odor. expr. sniff at, to scorn; show contempt of by sniffing. Ex. She sniffed at the present he gave her. Though this French aid can scarcely do much to carry the enormous burden of investment which the Alliance for Progress set itself, there is no need to sniff at it (Manchester Guardian Weekly). noun sniffer. </DL> <A NAME="snifferdog"> sniffer dog,<DL COMPACT><DD> a dog trained to discover by scent the presence of illegal drugs, explosives, casualties trapped in debris, or other specific odors. Ex. Police with sniffer dogs were seen searching the surrounding hedgerows (Manchester Guardian Weekly). </DL> <A NAME="sniffish"> sniffish, adjective. =sniffy.adv. sniffishly. noun sniffishness. </DL> <A NAME="sniffle"> sniffle, verb, -fled, -fling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to sniff again and again as one does from a cold in the head. Ex. The child stopped crying but kept on sniffling. <DD> 2. to breathe audibly through a partly clogged nose. <DD>noun the act or sound of sniffling; loud sniff. expr. the sniffles, <DD> a. a slight cold in the head; stuffy condition of the nose caused by a cold or hay fever. Ex. The President ... has a slight case of the sniffles (New York Times). <DD> b. a fit of sniffling; tendency to sniffle. Ex. He suffers from hay fever and is very prone to the sniffles. noun sniffler. </DL> <A NAME="sniffy"> sniffy, adjective, sniffier, sniffiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD> 1. inclined to sniff, especially in contempt, scorn, etc. <DD> 2. contemptuous; scornful; disdainful. Ex. ... whether the expression on Mr. Coolidge's face was his natural one or whether it was a shade more sniffy than usual (New Yorker). (SYN) supercilious. adv. sniffily. noun sniffiness. </DL> <A NAME="snifter"> snifter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a stemmed glass for brandy or other aromatic alcoholic liquor, with a broad bottom and a narrow lip to prevent the aroma from escaping. Ex. swirling his brandy around in a snifter (New Yorker). <DD> 2. a small drink of alcoholic liquor. </DL> <A NAME="snig"> snig, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Dialect.) a young or small eel. </DL> <A NAME="snigger"> snigger, noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb. =snicker.noun sniggerer. </DL> <A NAME="sniggery"> sniggery, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that sniggers; snickering. Ex. Teachers everywhere seem to have kids as sniggery as those of Miss Barrett's (Time). </DL> <A NAME="sniggle"> sniggle, verb, -gled, -gling.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to fish for eels by dropping a baited hook into their lurking place. <DD>v.t. to catch (eels) in this way. </DL> <A NAME="snip"> snip, verb, snipped, snipping, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to cut with a small, quick stroke or series of strokes with scissors or something similar. Ex. She snipped the thread. His mother was snipping dead leaves from the window plants (Thomas Hardy). <DD> 2. (Figurative:) Ex. The critics snipped the play into little pieces. <DD>v.i. to make a cut or cuts with scissors or as if with scissors. <DD>noun 1. an act of snipping. Ex. With a few snips she cut out a paper doll. <DD> 2a. a small piece cut off. Ex. Pick up the snips of thread from the floor. <DD> b. a small cut made by scissors. <DD> 3. any small piece; bit; fragment. <DD> 4. (Informal.) a small or unimportant person. Ex. a snip of a girl. <DD> 5. (British Slang.) a bargain. <DD> 6. a white or light mark, spot, or patch near the muzzle of a horse. expr. snips, <DD> a. hand shears for cutting metal. Ex. Hand shears ... are often called snips, to distinguish them from bench shears (Holtzapffel and Holtzapffel). <DD> b. (Slang.) handcuffs. Ex. The accused did not offer to go quietly till the police had the "snips" on him (Newcastle Evening Chronicle). noun snipper. </DL> <A NAME="snipe"> snipe, noun, pl. snipes or (collectively for 1 and 2) snipe, verb, sniped, sniping.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a marsh bird with a long bill, frequently hunted as game. Snipes are related to the sandpipers. The common or whole snipe of Europe and the American or Wilson's snipe are two kinds of snipe. <DD> 2. any one of certain similar shore birds, such as the jacksnipe of Europe and the dowitcher. <DD> 3. a shot made by or as if by a sniper. <DD> 4. (U.S. Slang.) a cigarette or cigar butt. <DD>v.i. 1. to shoot from a hidden place at an enemy one at a time, usually at long range. <DD> 2. to hunt snipe. <DD>v.t. to shoot at (soldiers) one at a time as a sportsman shoots at game; shoot from a concealed place. expr. snipe at, to attack suddenly or unexpectedly, especially by words. Ex. In a series of barbed "Sunday speeches" he sniped at the ill-starred plan to "internationalize" the industrially opulent Saar border enclave (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="snipe"> Snipe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a popular type of racing sailboat that is about 15 1/2 feet long and has a Marconi rig and movable keel. </DL> <A NAME="snipeeel"> snipe eel,<DL COMPACT><DD> a slender, eellike, marine fish, up to 3 feet long, with a speckled, pale back, and blackish belly and anal fin. </DL> <A NAME="snipefish"> snipe fish,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of various fish having long, tubular snouts resembling a snipe's beak. <DD> 2. =snipe eel. </DL> <A NAME="snipefly"> snipe fly,<DL COMPACT><DD> a two-winged fly with a long proboscis and long, thin legs; deer fly. </DL> <A NAME="snipehunt"> snipehunt, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a prank played on a person by inviting him to a desolate place to hunt snipe with a group, none of whom turns up to join him. </DL> <A NAME="snipehunter"> snipehunter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who hunts snipe. </DL> <A NAME="sniper"> sniper, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hidden sharpshooter. </DL> <A NAME="sniperscope"> sniperscope, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a device using infrared rays that can be mounted on a rifle and used to spot targets at night. </DL> <A NAME="snippers"> snippers, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pair of shears or scissors shaped for short or small cuts. </DL> <A NAME="snippersnapper"> snipper-snapper, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an insignificant fellow; whipper-snapper. </DL> <A NAME="snippet"> snippet, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a small piece snipped off; bit; scrap; fragment. Ex. That is a poor snippet of malicious gossip (Robert Louis Stevenson). A narrow band runs low around the hips; below this is a mere snippet of a flounced skirt (New York Times). <DD> 2. (Informal.) a small or unimportant person. Ex. Do you suppose these snippets would treat Alice the way they do if she could afford to entertain? (Booth Tarkington). </DL> <A NAME="snippety"> snippety, adjective. =scrappy.</DL> <A NAME="snippy"> snippy, adjective, -pier, -piest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (Informal.) sharp; curt. <DD> 2. (Informal.) haughty; disdainful. <DD> 3. made up of scraps or fragments. noun snippiness. </DL> <A NAME="snips"> snips, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under snip. </DL> <A NAME="snipsnap"> snip-snap, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a smart remark or reply; sharp repartee. </DL> <A NAME="snipy"> snipy, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a long, pointed nose like a snipe's bill; resembling a snipe. </DL> <A NAME="snit"> snit, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a state or condition of unrest or excitement; dither. Ex. It [the broadcast] sent the British into a snit, for the 16 member nations ... had agreed not to broadcast any "entertainment" during the initial tests (Time). </DL> <A NAME="snitch"> snitch (1), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) to snatch; steal. Ex. They had snitched too many carrots from the big piles of vegetables that were strewn around there (New Yorker). (SYN) filch. noun snitcher. </DL> <A NAME="snitch"> snitch (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD>v.i. to be an informer; tell tales; peach. Ex. He was afraid the younger boy would snitch about a burglary they perpetrated (Tuscaloosa News). <DD>noun an informer. noun snitcher. </DL> <A NAME="snivel"> snivel, verb, -eled, -eling or (especially British) -elled, -elling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. 1. to cry with sniffling; whimper. <DD> 2. to put on a show of grief; whine. Ex. sniveling sentiment. <DD> 3. to run at the nose; sniffle. <DD>noun 1. pretended grief or crying; whining. <DD> 2. running from the nose; sniffling. expr. the snivels, the sniffles. Ex. to take nose drops for the snivels. noun sniveler, (especially British,) sniveller. </DL> <A NAME="snively"> snively, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. running at the nose; snotty. <DD> 2. whining; sniveling. </DL> <A HREF="snob.dic">NEXT</A>