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snark

snark
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [snahrk]
    • /snɑrk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [snahrk]
    • /snɑrk/

Definitions of snark word

  • noun snark rude or sarcastic criticism. 1
  • verb without object snark to be critical in a rude or sarcastic way: to snark about the neighbors. 1
  • noun snark an imaginary creature in Lewis Carroll's poetry 0
  • noun snark an imaginary animal created by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark 0

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Origin of snark

First appearance:

before 1876
One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1876; coined by Lewis Carroll in his poem The Hunting of the Snark

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Parts of speech for Snark

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

snark popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

snark usage trend in Literature

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