sneck
Pronunciation Noun

sneck (plural snecks)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A latch or catch.
    • 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 2:
      Lydia jerked about with the blind, fixing it first in one little sneck and then another, finally pulling it right to the bottom and pressing the button into the little brass hole.
    • 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.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) The nose.
  3. A cut.
Verb

sneck (snecks, present participle snecking; past and past participle snecked)

  1. (transitive) To latch, to lock.
  2. (transitive) To cut.



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