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Synonyms

photograph, print, shot, snap—more at PHOTOGRAPH

1snare noun : a trap often consisting of a noose for catching birds or mammals; also : something by which one is entangled, involved in difficulties, or impeded

Synonyms

ambush, entanglement, net, trap, web—more at TRAP

2snare verb : to capture by or as if by use of a snare

Synonyms

enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, mesh, tangle, trap—more at ENTANGLE

bag, capture, catch, collar, corral, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, seize, trap—more at CATCH

1snarl verb : to cause to become knotted and intertwined

Synonyms

entangle, interlace, intertwine, interweave, knot, tangle—more at ENTANGLE

2snarl noun : TANGLE

3snarl verb : to growl angrily or threateningly

4snarl noun : an angry ill-tempered growl

1snatch verb 1 : to try to grasp something suddenly

2 : to seize or take away suddenly

2snatch noun 1 : a short period

2 : an act of snatching

3 : something brief or fragmentary <~es of song>

1sneak verb sneaked or snuck ; sneak·ing : to go or act in a furtive manner; also : to put, bring, or take in a furtive or artful manner

— sneak·ing·ly adverb

Synonyms

lurk, pussyfoot, skulk, slide, slink, slip, snake, steal; also crawl, creep, edge, inch, worm; pad, tiptoe

2sneak noun 1 : one who acts in a furtive or shifty manner

2 : a stealthy or furtive move or escape

— sneak adjective

sneak·er noun : a sports shoe with a pliable rubber sole

sneaky adjective sneak·i·er; -est : marked by stealth, furtiveness, or shiftiness

— sneak·i·ly adverb

Synonyms

furtive, shady, shifty, slippery, sly, stealthy; also devious, guileful, close, closemouthed, dark, reticent, secretive, clandestine, covert; deceiving, deceitful, deceptive, tricky, underhand, underhanded; crooked, dishonest, double-dealing, two-faced; lying, mendacious, untrustworthy, untruthful; insidious, perfidious, treacherous

clandestine, covert, furtive, hugger-mugger, private, secret, sneak, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover, underground, underhanded—more at SECRET

sneer verb : to show scorn or contempt by curling the lip or by a jeering tone

— sneer noun

Synonyms

jeer, laugh, snicker, sniff, snort; also catcall, disdain; hoot, insult, mock, ridicule; scorn

sneeze verb sneezed; sneez·ing [ORIGIN: ME snesen, alter. of fnesen, fr. OE fnēosan]

: to force the breath out suddenly and violently as a reflex act

— sneeze noun

SNF abbreviation skilled nursing facility

snick·er noun : a partly suppressed laugh

— snicker verb

Synonyms

cackle, chortle, laugh, laughter, titter—more at LAUGH

snide adjective 1 : unworthy of esteem : LOW

2 : slyly disparaging

— snide·ly adverb

Synonyms

base, contemptible, despicable, detestable, dirty, dishonorable, ignoble, low, mean, sordid, vile, wretched—more at IGNOBLE

sniff verb 1 : to draw air audibly up the nose esp. for smelling

2 : to show disdain or scorn

3 : to detect by or as if by smelling

— sniff noun

Synonyms

usually sniff at [2] disdain, high-hat, scorn, slight, snub—more at SCORN

[3] nose, scent, smell, whiff—more at SMELL

snif·fle noun 1 plural : a head cold marked by nasal discharge

2 : SNUFFLE

— sniffle verb

1snip noun 1 : a fragment snipped off

2 : a simple stroke of the scissors or shears

2snip verb snipped; snip·ping : to cut off by bits : CLIP; also : to remove by cutting off

1snipe noun, plural snipes or snipe : any of several long-billed game birds esp. of marshy areas that belong to the same family as the sandpipers

2snipe verb sniped; snip·ing : to shoot at an exposed enemy from a concealed position

— snip·er noun

snip·py adjective snip·pi·er; -est 1 : having a quick temper : SNAPPISH

2 : unduly brief or curt

Synonyms

abrupt, bluff, blunt, brusque, curt—more at BLUNT

snips noun plural : hand shears used esp. for cutting sheet metal

snitch verb 1 : to give information (as of another's wrongdoing) to an authority : INFORM

2 : to take by stealth