Sneap

Alternative forms

• sneep obsolete
• snape dialectal

Origin

From Middle English snaipen ("to nip, injure, afflict, rebuke, revile, criticize"), from Old Norse sneypa ("to outrage, dishonor, disgrace"), from Proto-Germanic *snupanÄ…, *snubanÄ… ("to snap, cut"), of unknown origin. See also snap.

Full definition of sneap

Verb

1. (transitive, dialectal) To check; reprove abruptly; reprimand; rebuke; chide.
2. (transitive, dialectal) To nip; bite; pinch; blast; blight.- King Ferdinand of Navarre; Berowne is like an envious sneaping frost, That bites the first born infants of the spring. - Line 100 from Love's Labour's Lost
3. (transitive, dialectal) To thwart; offend.
4. (colloquial) To put someone's nose out of joint; offend.She was sneaped when she wasn't invited to his party.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A reprimand; a rebuke.
• ShakespeareMy lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply.

Anagrams

• aspen, Aspen
• napes
• neaps
• panes
• peans
• Snape, snape