📖 S — The English dictionary · page 63

sneezing — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The act of sneezing, blowing air suddenly out through the nose.↗ Here the word is plural, "sneezings.".↗ Example: His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.↗ (Writings JOB.41.10, JPS 1917)↗

sniff — Everyday, meaning 1: To sniff means to breathe in quickly through your nose, so that you make a small sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To sniff something means to smell it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To sniff can mean to breathe in noisily when you have a cold or are crying.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A sniff is the act or sound of sniffing.↗ Example: The dog sniffed my shoes.↗ · Stop sniffing and blow your nose.↗ · She sniffed the flowers.↗ · Let the dog sniff your hand first.↗ · Never sniff chemicals or glue.↗ · He gave a sad little sniff.↗ · The fox sniffed the air for danger.↗ · She raised it to her nose and sniffed at it again and again.↗

sniffle — Everyday, meaning 1: verb.↗ e.g. To sniff again and again, because you have a cold or because you are crying quietly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: noun «the sniffles» (informal).↗ e.g. A mild cold with a runny nose.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: noun.↗ e.g. The sound of sniffling.↗ Example: I've got the sniffles, but I can still go to school.↗ · She sniffled quietly after the sad film.↗ · Use a tissue instead of sniffling.↗ · We heard a little sniffle from behind the door.↗ · The puppy sniffled around the garden.↗ · Winter brings coughs and sniffles.↗

snigger — Everyday, meaning 1: To snigger is to laugh quietly in a rude or unkind way, often at someone's mistake or at something naughty.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A snigger is that small, half-hidden laugh.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US) The usual American word is «snicker», which means the same.↗ Example: The boys sniggered when the teacher tripped.↗ · A snigger went round the class.↗ · Please don't snigger when someone reads aloud.↗ · She heard sniggers from the back row.↗ · He sniggered at the rude word in the book.↗ · Mum told us off for sniggering in church.↗

snip — Everyday, meaning 1: To cut something with small quick cuts, usually with scissors.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A small cut, or the sound of scissors.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun, UK, informal) A bargain: something cheap for its value: it's a snip at £5.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun) A small piece cut off.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Snip, snap, snurre is an old rhyme said at the end of a story to show that it is finished.↗ Example: She snipped the string with scissors.↗ · Can you snip the label off my new shirt?↗ · The hairdresser gave my fringe a quick snip.↗ · (UK) That bike was a snip at twenty pounds.↗ · Snip, snip went the scissors.↗ · We snipped little paper snowflakes.↗ · "Snip, snap, snurre, Basse lurre: The song is ended."↗

snipe — Everyday, meaning 1: A snipe is a wading bird with a very long straight beak that lives in marshes and wet fields.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To snipe is to shoot at people from a hidden place far away.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) To snipe at someone is to make nasty, sly little criticisms of them.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) To snipe in an online auction or game is to win at the last second.↗ Example: A snipe pushed its long beak into the mud.↗ · Snipe are well camouflaged in the marsh grass.↗ · The two brothers kept sniping at each other all through dinner.↗ · Soldiers were sniped at from the rooftops.↗ · She sniped the last item in the online auction.↗ · The older campers sent us on a snipe hunt as a joke.↗ · Stop sniping and say what you really think.↗ · Another time they found a few snipes' eggs in the wood, which was a great event.↗

sniper — Everyday, meaning 1: A sniper is a soldier or gunman who shoots at people from a hidden place, often from far away with a special rifle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (games, informal) In video games, a sniper is a player or character who shoots from far away; "sniper" can also mean the long-range rifle itself.↗ Example: The soldiers stayed low because of sniper fire.↗ · A sniper was hiding in the old tower.↗ · In the news, they said a sniper had shot at the town.↗ · In the game, my brother always picks the sniper.↗ · The sniper used a telescope sight on his rifle.↗ · During the war, snipers made the streets very dangerous.↗ · "Stop sniping at your sister," said Dad, meaning stop making mean little comments.↗

snipping — Everyday, meaning 1: Cutting something with quick, short cuts, usually with scissors.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cutting small bits off something, such as hair, paper or a plant.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Cutting a small part out of a text, picture or video.↗ Example: The hairdresser was snipping at my fringe.↗ · We spent the art lesson snipping paper into snowflakes.↗ · Grandpa was snipping the dead roses off the bush.↗ · Be careful when snipping near your fingers.↗ · She is snipping out pictures from old magazines for her poster.↗ · The tailor kept snipping loose threads.↗ · I used a snipping tool to copy part of the screen.↗ · The floor was covered in snippings of coloured paper.↗

snips — Everyday, meaning 1: Verb: he/she snips — cuts something with small quick cuts of scissors.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Noun plural: small quick cuts, or small pieces cut off.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Snips (plural tool): strong shears for cutting sheet metal, also called tin snips.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (UK, informal) «A snip»: a real bargain.↗ e.g. It's a snip at £5.↗ Example: She snips the ribbon with her scissors.↗ · The barber snips around my ears.↗ · Make two snips at the top of the paper.↗ · Dad used tin snips to cut the metal sheet.↗ · Snips of paper covered the floor after art.↗ · That coat was a snip at half price!↗ · «Snips and snails and puppy-dogs' tails» is an old rhyme.↗

snitch — Everyday, meaning 1: To tell a teacher, parent or other adult that someone has done something wrong (informal and often unkind).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who tells on others.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To steal something small.↗ e.g. "snitch a biscuit".↗ Example: He snitched on his sister for eating the cake.↗ · Nobody likes being called a snitch.↗ · Telling a teacher about bullying is not snitching.↗ · She snitched a cookie from the jar.↗ · In Quidditch, the Seeker tries to catch the Snitch.↗ · Do not snitch about small things, but always tell about danger.↗

snob — Everyday, meaning 1: A snob is a person who thinks they are better than others because of money, family, school or class, and looks down on people they think are lower.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A snob is also someone who thinks their taste is better and looks down on other people's choices: a food snob, a music snob, a book snob.↗ Example: The snob at the party would not talk to anyone without a big house.↗ · Don't be a snob about cheap trainers.↗ · My uncle is a coffee snob and only drinks special beans.↗ · She is a book snob who thinks comics are silly.↗ · The new girl seemed like a snob, but she was just shy.↗ · In the story, the snobby duchess learns that kindness matters more than money.↗ · Calling someone a snob is not a compliment.↗

snobbish — Everyday, meaning 1: Thinking you are better than other people because you are richer, posher or more educated, and looking down on them.↗ Example: She was too snobbish to play with the village children.↗ · Don't be snobbish about other people's clothes.↗ · The snobbish lady said the tea-shop was not good enough.↗ · Toad was a little snobbish about his motor-car.↗ · He made a snobbish remark about her accent.↗ · The new kid thought we were snobbish, but we were just shy.↗

snobby — Everyday, meaning 1: Snobby means acting like a snob: thinking you are better than others because of money, class or taste, and looking down on them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A snobby place or thing seems posh and unfriendly to ordinary people: a snobby restaurant.↗ Example: The snobby girl laughed at my old coat.↗ · Don't be snobby about other people's lunches.↗ · That shop is too snobby for me.↗ · He got a bit snobby after he won the prize.↗ · My cousin is snobby about music and only likes old bands.↗ · The snobby customer complained about everything.↗ · In the book, the snobby family learns to share.↗

snogging — Everyday, meaning 1: (slang, UK, Ireland, Australia) Snogging is kissing for a long time, usually between a couple who are in love or going out together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (slang) A snog is one such long kiss.↗ Example: (slang) My big sister was snogging her boyfriend at the bus stop.↗ · (slang) "Eww, they're snogging!" shouted my little brother at the film.↗ · (slang) The teachers caught two Year 11s snogging behind the gym.↗ · (slang) There's too much snogging in this film.↗ · (slang) He gave her a snog at the end of the party.↗

snook — Everyday, meaning 1: «Cock a snook» (UK, old-fashioned) — to make a rude, mocking sign by putting your thumb on your nose and spreading your fingers; also to show open disrespect for someone or a rule.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A long, silvery fish of warm seas, caught for food and sport.↗ Example: The cheeky boy cocked a snook at the bus driver.↗ · The little shop cocked a snook at the big supermarket by giving everything away free.↗ · Thumbing your nose — cocking a snook — is a rude gesture.↗ · Dad caught a snook on his holiday in Florida.↗ · The new band cocks a snook at old rules about music.↗ · The pupils cocked a snook at the rain and played outside anyway.↗

snooker — Everyday, meaning 1: A game played on a large table covered in green cloth, where players hit coloured balls into pockets with a long stick called a cue.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In that game, a position where a ball blocks the shot you need to play.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, UK, Australia) To snooker someone is to trick them or put them in a position where they cannot do anything.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) «Snookered» means stuck, beaten or trapped.↗ Example: My uncle plays snooker at the club on Fridays.↗ · The snooker table has six pockets.↗ · She potted a red ball and then the black in the game of snooker.↗ · A red ball is worth one point and the black is worth seven.↗ · He left his opponent in a snooker behind the blue ball.↗ · I've spent all my pocket money, so I'm snookered for the school trip.↗ · They snookered us by changing the rules at the last minute.↗ · We watched the snooker final on TV.↗

snoop — Everyday, meaning 1: To snoop is to look secretly around a place or into someone's private things to find out about them.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A snoop is a person who snoops, someone nosy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) To snoop on someone is to spy on them or watch what they do.↗ Example: Stop snooping in my bag!↗ · My little brother snooped around my room while I was out.↗ · The detective snooped through the old letters looking for a clue.↗ · Our neighbour is such a snoop; she always watches from her window.↗ · I caught him snooping on my phone.↗ · The cat snooped about the kitchen for scraps.↗ · Apps should not snoop on what children do online.↗

snooper — Everyday, meaning 1: A snooper is a person who secretly looks into other people's private business, looks around where they should not, or spies.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A snooper can also be someone officially checking up on people, like an inspector (often said in a disapproving way).↗ Example: Our neighbour is a snooper who watches everyone through her curtains.↗ · Keep your password secret from snoopers.↗ · The detective caught the snooper reading the letters.↗ · My little brother is a snooper — he looked in my diary!↗ · The house had a lock to keep snoopers out.↗ · (informal) The newspaper called the tax inspectors "snoopers".↗

snooze — Everyday, meaning 1: verb (informal).↗ e.g. To have a short, light sleep, especially in the daytime.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: noun.↗ e.g. A short sleep; a nap.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The snooze button on an alarm clock or phone, which stops the alarm for a few minutes.↗ Example: Grandad had a snooze on the sofa.↗ · The cat is snoozing in the sun.↗ · I pressed the snooze button three times this morning.↗ · You snooze, you lose — the last cake has gone!↗ · Dad snoozed through the whole film.↗ · The baby needs a snooze after lunch.↗

snore — Everyday, meaning 1: To breathe noisily while asleep, with a rough sound in the nose or throat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) The sound of snoring.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) «A snore» or «snore-fest» means something very boring.↗ Example: Grandpa snores so loudly the windows shake.↗ · I heard the dog snore under the table.↗ · He snored all through the film.↗ · That lesson was a snore.↗ · A loud snore came from the tent.↗ · Do you snore?↗ · Pinocchio snored away happily as if his feet were not his own.↗

snoring — Everyday, meaning 1: Snoring is the loud, rough sound some people and animals make when they breathe while asleep.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Snoring (verb) means making that sound right now.↗ Example: Grandpa was snoring in his armchair.↗ · I could hear Dad's snoring through the wall.↗ · The dog lay by the fire, snoring softly.↗ · His snoring kept the whole tent awake.↗ · A blocked nose can cause snoring.↗ · The giant was snoring so loudly that the trees shook.↗ · Stop snoring and roll over!↗ · After that she lay down and was soon snoring loudly.↗