Meaning

2 senses

  1. To express oneself in a snarky fashion.

  2. (obsolete)To snort.

Origin

Noun sense “snide remark” as back-formation from snarky (1906), from obsolete snark (“to s

Noun sense “snide remark” as back-formation from snarky (1906), from obsolete snark (“to snore, snort”, verb) (1866), from Middle English *snarken (“to snore”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, equivalent to snore + -k. Compare Low German snarken, North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka, German schnarchen, and English snort and snore. Of Germanic origin, but ultimately onomatopoeic.

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Forms

snarks, snarking, snarked, snarked

regular · Lesson

Base formsnark · to snark
3rd person singularsnarks
Present participlesnarking
Past simplesnarked
Past participlesnarked

Tenses

snark · snarked · will snark · have snarked

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysnark
he, she, itsnarks

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave snarked
he, she, ithas snarked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill snark

Past simpleLesson

all personssnarked

Word family

2 related words
Derivedsnarkasmsnarker

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snapshotsnaresnarkysnarlsnatch

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