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Sneaped vs Neaped - What's the difference?

sneaped | neaped |

As verbs the difference between sneaped and neaped

is that sneaped is (sneap) while neaped is (neap).

As an adjective neaped is

(nautical) left aground on the height of a spring tide, preventing floating till the next spring tide.

sneaped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sneap)

    • Anagrams

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    sneap

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete), (l) (dialectal),

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialectal) To check; reprove abruptly; reprimand; rebuke; chide.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • (dialectal) To nip; bite; pinch; blast; blight.
    • (Shakespeare) - King Ferdinand of Navarre; Berowne is like an envious sneaping frost, That bites the first born infants of the spring. - Line 100 from Love's Labour's Lost
  • (dialectal) To thwart; offend.
  • (colloquial) To put someone's nose out of joint; offend.
    • She was sneaped when she wasn't invited to his party.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A reprimand; a rebuke.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My lord, I will not undergo this sneap without reply.

    Anagrams

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    neaped

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (neap)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (nautical) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, preventing floating till the next spring tide.

    • Synonyms

    * beneaped (Webster 1913)