snicker-snackadv.n.
/ˌsnɪkəˈsnak//ˈsnɪkəˌsnak/ (With) a snipping or clicking sound.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [adverb] > snip
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snicker-snack1871
1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 22 The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. ii. xv. 403 Mrs Carthew snipped away, talking in sentences that matched the quick snickasnack of her weapon.
1979 P. Way Sunrise viii. 79 The little man next door was chopping his hedge. The shears were going snicker-snack.
1979 P. Way Sunrise viii. 85 He glanced back at them fiddling with the dominoes... The pattern fell snicker-snack over.
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