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Snecked vs Sneaked - What's the difference?

snecked | sneaked |

As verbs the difference between snecked and sneaked

is that snecked is (sneck) while sneaked is (sneak).

snecked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sneck)

    • sneck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • (Northern England, Scotland) The nose.
  • A cut.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To latch, to lock.
  • To cut.

    • Derived terms

    * sneck-bend * sneck lifter * sneck posset * sneckyeat * sneck up

    References

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    Anagrams

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    sneaked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sneak)
  • * 1986 , , The Grasshopper Trap , p152
    • In addition to my sneaked' food, Eddit had ' sneaked a chunk of roast beef, a slice of fried ham, three wieners, some cheese, an onion, several quart jars of fruit, a jar of dill pickles, and a jar of canned rabbit.
  • * 1992 , , The Pelican Brief , p275
    • The restaurant opened at six, and he sneaked' down for coffee, then ' sneaked back to his room.
  • * 1994 , , Lord of Chaos , p235
  • *:"I sneaked up and listened," Nynaeve said levelly.

    • Synonyms

    * snuck (chiefly, North America)

    Usage notes

    * See sneak for notes on sneaked vs snuck.

    References

    * http://www.bartleby.com/61/89/S0508900.html * http://mw1.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sneak * http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/sneak.html * http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/snuck.html