snickersnee

snick·er·snee

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [snik-er-snee]
- /ˈsnɪk ərˌsni/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [snik-er-snee]
- /ˈsnɪk ərˌsni/

Definitions of snickersnee word

noun snickersnee a knife, especially one used as a weapon. 1
noun snickersnee a knife for cutting or thrusting 0
noun snickersnee a fight with knives 0
noun snickersnee a large knife, designed for use as a thrusting and cutting weapon 0

See all 4 definitions of snickersnee

Information block about the term

Origin of snickersnee

First appearance:

before 1690

One of the 49% oldest English words

1690-1700; variant (by alliterative assimilation) of earlier stick or snee to thrust or cut < Dutch steken to stick2 + snij(d)en to cut

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Snickersnee

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Snickersnee

snickersnee popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

snickersnee usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer