English

Noun

sneck ‎(plural snecks)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch.
   • 1980, JL Carr, A Month in the Country, Penguin 2010, p. 3:

     The graveyard wall was in good repair, although, surprisingly, the narrow gate's sneck was smashed and it was held-to by a loop of binder twine.

2. (Northern England, Scotland) The nose.
3. A cut.

Verb

sneck ‎(third-person singular simple present snecks, present participle snecking, simple past and past participle snecked)

1. (transitive) To latch, to lock.
2. (transitive) To cut.

Derived terms

References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896,
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977

Anagrams

• necks

Scots

Verb

sneck ‎(third-person singular present snecks, present participle sneckin, past sneckt, past participle sneckt)

1. to click (with a computer mouse)