snickle
名词 n.
动词 v.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Suppressed or sly laughter; snigger.
— I undress while listening to the snickles on the other end.
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A noose or snare made using a slip knot.
— I carried the broth that poisoned the nuns, and he and I, snickle hand too fast, strangled a friar.
动词 v.
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To laugh at someone or something
— "many's de time w'at I sees um laughin' en laughin', w'en I lay dey ain't kin tell w'at dey er laughin' at deyse'f. En 'tain't der laughin' w'at pesters me, nudder" — relenting a little — "hit's dish yer ev'lastin' snickle en giggle, giggle en snickle."
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To snare using a snickle.
— Whether Miriam was duly instructed on the subject of the per-centage usually required upon perisable subjects of commerce, or whether she though it right that the squire should be charged moderately for the carp taken from his own ponds, the pigeons furnished by his own dove-cote, the hares snickled in his own meadows, we know not — it is only certain, she was industrious in procuring immediately the dainties required, and moderate in the price she demanded.
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To tie up or hang (something) using a rope around the neck.
— Well, well," said the governor, " mind what I say ; I stay in town just six weeks ; and if I don't see you both fairly snickled before I go, I'll never forgive either of you.
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To use (a rope) to tie or hang by the neck.
— I jumped out with a piece of thin chain, which I snickled round her neck, and pulled her aboard.
词源
词源 1
Variant of sniggle.
词源 2
Unknown. Perhaps from sneck (“a latch; catch”) + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare snack (“to snap; click”), snatch.
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