Definitions For Snape

Verb

head=snape , stem=snap To injure; of snow or sleet: nip, afflict To rebuke; revile, criticize

Related terms

{{l, enm, snapli, gloss=sharply, bitingly; reproachfully}}

References

Middle English Dictionary, snaipen, snaip, snape

Etymology 1

Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap, , to nip, bite, pinch. More at sneap.

Verb

{{en-verb}} (nautical, shipbuilding) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.

Etymology 2

From Middle English snaipen, t=to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile{{nb..., snaip, snaipe, snaipen, snape, snayp, snaypp, otherforms=1}},{{R:MED Online, entry=snaipen, pos=v, id=MED41159}} from {{der, en, non, sneypa, t=to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage}},{{R:OED Online, pos=v.{{sup, 2}}, noformat=1, id=183007, date=December 2021}} from {{der, en, gem-pro, *snupaną}}, *snubaną, t=to cut; to snap; further origin unknown. {{doublet, en, sneap}}.

Verb

{{en-verb}} {{term-label, en, archaic, or, Britain, dialectal}} (transitive) To check#verb, check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant#noun, plant, etc.). {{synonym of, en, sneap, t=to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke#verb, rebuke, to reprimand#verb, reprimand}} 1861, Terry A. Johnston, Him on One Side and Me on the Other, Univ. of South Carolina Press, p48, 1999 (quoting {{w, Alexander Campbell}}) : The colnel (sic) I dont think like him much. I undirstand (sic) he was always snaping him. (intransitive) To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.

Anagrams

Aspen, NAPEs, Panes, Spean, aspen, napes, neaps, panes, peans, sneap, spane, spean

Middle English

Alternative forms

snaip, snaipen

Etymology

From {{der, enm, non, sneypa, , to outrage, dishonor, disgrace}}.