sneap
sneap · sneaps
A rebuke; a reprimandA rebuke; a reprimand.
UK/sniːp/US/snip/
Meaning
1 senses(UK, archaic, dialectal, obsolete)A rebuke; a reprimand.
Origin
The verb is a variant of snape, from Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow:The verb is a variant of snape, from Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snaupijaną, from Proto-Germanic *snūpaną, *snūbaną (“to cut, snap”); further origin unknown.
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