snib
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 4
/snɪb/(UK)
Definition of snib
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(Australia, Scotland)A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
“He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.”
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noun
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(Australia, Scotland)A latch or fastening for a door, window etc.
“He did not like me coming in except if I was going to bed. I heard him saying to my maw about a snib for the door.”
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(obsolete)A reprimand; a snub.
“ill - strain'd snibs”
verb
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(Australia, Scotland, transitive)To latch (a door, window, etc.).
“Window is snibbed on the inner side. Framework is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it.”
“All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?"”
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Etymology
Uncertain.
Words you can make from snib
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