Definition

1. Noun:

   • A glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat: In the sport of cricket, a snick is a light, glancing hit where the ball touches the edge of the bat, often producing a distinctive sound.
   • A small cut or notch: A snick can also refer to a very small, shallow cut or nick in a surface.

2. Verb:

   • To cut slightly, to make a small notch: To snick something means to cut it lightly or to make a small, shallow incision.
   • To hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat (in cricket): In cricket, to snick the ball is to hit it with the edge of the bat, often unintentionally, sending it at an angle.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The batsman was out caught behind after a faint snick. (The ball made a light contact with the bat's edge.)
  • There was a small snick on the table's surface from the knife. (There was a tiny cut on the table.)

• Verb:

  • He accidentally snicked his finger while sharpening the pencil. (He made a small cut on his finger.)
  • The batter snicked the ball, and it flew straight to the slip fielder. (The batter hit the ball with the bat's edge.)

Advanced Usage

• "To snick off" (Cricket): A phrasal verb meaning to be dismissed by hitting the ball with the edge of the bat to a catcher, typically the wicket-keeper or slip fielder.
  • The opening batsman was snicked off in the first over. (He was out caught from an edge.)

Variants and Related Words

• Snick-and-run (Cricket): A shot where the batter deliberately hits the ball with a glancing edge to score a run.
• Snicker: A different word, often meaning a stifled or disrespectful laugh, not to be confused with .

Synonyms

• Noun (cut): Nick, notch, scratch, incision.
• Verb (cut): Nick, notch, graze, scratch.
• Verb (cricket hit): Edge, glance.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Snick off: As described in Advanced Usage, specific to cricket for a dismissal from an edged shot.

Noun

1. a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat
2. a small cut

Verb

1. cut slightly, with a razor
   • The barber's knife nicked his cheek
2. hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat