sneap

Plural: sneaps

Verb

Verb Forms: sneaped, sneaping, sneaps

To chide, rebuke, or nip, often with a subtle sharpness.
To bite, nip, or pinch (someone or something).
To check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.
To offend (someone); to put (someone's) nose out of joint.

Noun

A rebuke; a reprimand.

Examples

I didn’t mean to SNEAP at him, but his slow play was irritating.

Origin / Etymology

The verb is a variant of snape, from Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snaupijaną, from Proto-Germanic *snūpaną, *snūbaną (“to cut, snap”); further origin unknown.
The noun is derived from the verb.

Synonyms

snape

Scrabble Score: 7

sneap: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sneap: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sneap: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

sneap: valid Words With Friends Word