sneapn.
/sniːp/ Now archaic.
A snub or check; a rebuke, reproof.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > instance of
admonishingc1350
reproofc1400
fliting1435
rebuke?a1439
snibc1450
reprehensiona1500
redargution1514
remorda1529
piece of one's mind1536
check1541
snuba1556
rebuking1561
boba1566
sneap1600
snipping1601
reprimand1636
repriment1652
rubber1699
slap1736
twinkation1748
rap1777
throughgoing1817
dressing-down1823
downset1824
hazing1829
snubbing1841
downsetting1842
raking1852
calling1855
talking toc1875
rousting1900
strafe1915
strafing1915
raspberry1919
rousing1923
bottle1938
reaming1944
ticking-off1950
serve1967
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 124 My Lord I will not vndergoe this snepe [1623 sneape] without reply. View more context for this quotation
1876 J. Weiss Wit, Humor, & Shakespeare iv. 149 A charter from Providence to give Falstaff his first sneap of retribution.
1887 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 365 He might have spared us this sneap, seeing that his own queen had been enamoured of an ass.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
sneapv.
/sniːp/ Now dialect and archaic.figurative and in extended use.1623 Bp. J. Hall Great Impostor 21 That wee doe enough hate our corruptions, when (at our sharpest) we doe but gently sneape them.1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. O5v Life that's here, When into it the soul doth closely wind, Is often sneep'd by anguish.
1. transitive. To nip or pinch.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > compress or constrict
thrumc1275
constrainc1374
nip1381
rinea1398
compress1398
withstrainc1400
coarctc1420
pincha1425
strain1426
nipe1440
thrumble1513
comprime?1541
astrict1548
sneap1598
cling1601
wring1603
constringe1609
coarctate1620
compinge1621
choke1635
compel1657
cramp1673
hunch1738
constrict1759
tighten1853
scrunch1861
throttle1863
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > nip or pierce (of cold)
piercec1387
nip1548
bite1552
sneap1598
nirl1808
1598 [implied in: W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 100 Like an enuious sneaping Frost, That bites the first borne infants of the Spring.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 65 Herbs and Fruits sneapt with cold weather.
2. To check, repress; to snub, reprove, chide.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restrain [verb (transitive)]
pindeOE
steerc950
hold971
forbidc1000
withstewc1175
withholdc1200
stewa1225
crempa1250
bistintc1300
i-stillc1315
withdraw1340
entemperc1380
rebukec1380
forfenda1382
refraina1382
refrainc1390
restraina1393
restayc1400
retainc1415
to hold abackc1440
overholda1450
reclaim?c1450
revokec1450
bedwynge1480
sniba1500
repressa1525
rein1531
inhibit1535
to keep back1535
cohibit1544
reprimec1550
lithe1552
to rein up1574
check1581
embridle1583
to rein in1593
retrench1594
refrenate1599
to hold back1600
snip1601
becheck1605
sneap1611
trasha1616
supersede1645
reprimand1689
snape1691
to clap a guy on1814
to pull up1861
to pull in1893
withstrain1904
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]
threac897
threapc897
begripea1000
threata1000
castea1200
chaste?c1225
takec1275
blame1297
chastya1300
sniba1300
withnima1315
undernima1325
rebukec1330
snuba1340
withtakea1340
reprovec1350
chastisea1375
arate1377
challenge1377
undertake1377
reprehenda1382
repreync1390
runta1398
snapea1400
underfoc1400
to call to account1434
to put downc1440
snebc1440
uptakec1440
correptc1449
reformc1450
reprise?c1450
to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450
control1451
redarguec1475
berisp1481
to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522
checkc1530
admonish1541
nip1548
twig?1550
impreve1552
lesson1555
to take down1562
to haul (a person) over the coals1565
increpate1570
touch1570
school1573
to gather up1577
task1580
redarguate?1590
expostulate1592
tutor1599
sauce1601
snip1601
sneap1611
to take in tax1635
to sharp up1647
round1653
threapen1671
reprimand1681
to take to task1682
document1690
chapter1693
repulse1746
twink1747
to speak to ——1753
haul1795
to pull up1799
carpet1840
rig1841
to talk to1860
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
rawhide1895
to tell off1897
to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900
to get on ——1904
to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908
strafe1915
tick1915
woodshed1935
to slap (a person) down1938
sort1941
bind1942
bottle1946
mat1948
ream1950
zap1961
elder1967
1611 Second Maiden's Trag. (1909) iii. i. 39 Nay I am gon, Ime a man quicklie sneapt.
1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. I3 Doe you sneap me too my Lord... I had No need to come hither to be sneapt.
c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) 221 They sett him at light,..and made the poore man retire sneap'd to his Collonell.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 65 Children easily sneaped.
1865 S. Evans Brother Fabian's MSS 5 My lord Archbishop sneaps us for our sloth.
Derivatives
sneaped adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold > pinched with cold
sneaped1594
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. D1 To ad a more reioysing to the prime, And giue the sneaped birds more cause to sing. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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