# sneap

> English word · Verb · IPA /sniːp/

## Definitions
1. To bite, nip, or pinch (someone or something).
2. To check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.
3. To offend (someone); to put (someone's) nose out of joint.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sneap