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单词 sniggle
释义

snigglen.1

/ˈsnɪɡ(ə)l/
Etymology: < sniggle v.1
A baited hook or other device used in sniggling for eels, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > hook > [noun] > other types of hook
pin-hook1755
Kirby1804
Limerick1810
sneck-bend1816
Limerick1835
sniggle1837
Aberdeen1845
Aberdeen hook1846
sockdolager1848
Sproat bend1867
squid-jigger1875
Sproat1876
squid jig1883
snag-hook1936
1837 T. Hood Ode to Dr. Hahnemann iii When Anhalt-Coethen babies wriggle, Like eels just caught by sniggle.
1863 W. F. Campbell & J. F. Campbell Life in Normandy I. 183 There may be one [lobster there] now. I will make the girl try, if she has brought her sniggle with her.
1863 W. F. Campbell & J. F. Campbell Life in Normandy I. 184 He saw that she had a sniggle stick stuck into the string of her petticoat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

snigglen.2

/ˈsnɪɡ(ə)l/
Etymology: < sniggle v.2
A snigger or snicker.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > sniggering > instance of
snirt1781
nichera1791
nickera1791
snigger1823
snitter1825
snicker1836
sniggle1852
squirk1882
squiggle1898
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin (U.K. ed.) viii. 54 Marks patronised his joke by a quiet introductory sniggle.
1887 H. R. Haggard Jess xxxii. 311 A fierce sound—half sniggle, half laugh.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

snigglen.3

Etymology: Diminutive of snig n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsniggle.
dialect.
A snig or small eel.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Anguilliformes > unspecified types
pimpernol1251
shaft-eel1411
kempc1440
snig1483
stub eel15..
fausen1547
shafflin1553
muraena1555
scaffling1589
grig1611
long-fish1611
stone-grig1666
sea-serpent1752
bed-eel1769
sniggle1863
slipper1866
1863 J. R. Wise New Forest xii. 125 The Avon flows close by, famous for a peculiar eel, locally called the ‘sniggle’ (anguilla mediorostris).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

snigglev.1

/ˈsnɪɡ(ə)l/
Etymology: See sniggling n.Fletcher's Thierry & Theod. ii. ii. ‘I haue snigled him’ is cited by Todd and later dictionaries as an early example of this verb; but the correct reading is doubtless ‘singled’ (compare single v.1 2 and 3).
1.
a. intransitive. To fish for eels by the method known as sniggling.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > fish for type of fish [verb (intransitive)] > fish for eels in specific manner
bob1614
sniggle1671
grig1764
1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ To Sniggle, vox Piscatoribus satis nota.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Sniggle, to fish for eels by putting a bait to the holes in which they conceal themselves.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 275 How to sniggle for Eels.
1833 Bowlker's Art of Angling (new ed.) 96 To sniggle for Eels procure a strong top rod, or a long hazel stick [etc.].
1867 F. C. Burnand Happy Thoughts iii. 17 I ask ‘Sniggle for chub?’ He..answers, ‘No, sniggle for eels’.
b. transitive. To fish for, catch, pull out (an eel or eels) in this way.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > fish for type of fish in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > fish for eels in specific manner
sniggle1844
stang1856
1844 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 390 As wily anglers sniggling eels The approved device employ.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling iii. 72 Sniggling an old eel out of his hole..is not altogether unamusing.
2. transitive. To catch (fish) by means of striking a hook into them.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > hook fish > catch with large hook
sniggle1834
jig1883
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 197 Charters has since sniggled abundance of trout.
1894 Sat. Rev. 6 Jan. 15/1 These noble salmon, netted, speared, sniggled, very likely.

Derivatives

ˈsniggled adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [adjective] > for eels
sniggled1844
1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xlvi. 294 He wriggled like a sniggled eel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

snigglev.2

/ˈsnɪɡ(ə)l/
Etymology: Imitative.
intransitive. To snigger or snicker.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > laugh in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > snigger
neicherc1550
whickera1656
snicker1694
nichera1700
snigger1706
snirt1724
snirtle?a1786
sniggle1815
snitter1825
nicker1827
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xiii. 247 As for the Dominie..he looked at Lucy—he whimpered—he sniggled—he grinned.
1840 C. Brontë Let. in E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë (1857) I. ix. 215 [The preacher] did not whine; he did not sniggle.
1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! vi At which flattery the other sniggles and calls him a wit.

Derivatives

ˈsniggling adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > sniggering
sniggering1815
sniggling1826
snickering1872
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xii. 292 Wildrake laughed without ceremony..and was joined by a sniggling response from behind the cupboard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

snigglev.3

Etymology: Of doubtful origin. Compare Norwegian snygla to sponge, beg.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsniggle.
dialect or colloquial.
1. intransitive.
a. (See quot. 1837.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > act fraudulently, cheat [verb (intransitive)]
faitc1330
defraudc1384
to take (the) advantagea1393
false1393
halt1412
haft1519
juggle1528
wily beguile1550
foist1584
lurch1593
fog1621
imposture1624
rook1637
impone1640
cheat1647
chicane1671
humbug1753
fineer1765
gag1781
mountebank1814
jockeya1835
sniggle1837
barney1848
straw1851
honeyfuggle1856
skinch1891
finagle1926
1837 J. F. Palmer Gloss. in M. Palmer Dialogue Devonshire Dial. (at cited word) To Sniggle, (at taw) to shuffle the hand forwards in an unfair manner.
b. To wriggle, crawl, creep stealthily.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > move stealthily [verb (intransitive)]
besteala725
snikec897
steal1154
creepc1175
skulk?c1225
snaker?c1225
stalkc1300
slenchc1330
lurka1375
slinkc1374
snokec1380
slide1382
slipc1400
mitchera1575
sneak1598
snake1818
sly1825
snoop1832
to steal one's way1847
sniggle1881
gumshoe1897
slime1898
pussyfoot1902
soft-foot1913
cat-foot1916
pussy1919
pussa1953
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 247 Sniggle,..to wriggle away.
1900 F. A. Steel Hosts of Lord xxiii There's a brute trying to sniggle along the wall.
2. transitive. To get (a thing) in surreptitiously.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate
intruse?a1500
ingyre1513
shuffle1565
cog1570
foist1570
wind?1570
obtrudea1575
interject1588
filch?1589
intrude1592
inthrust1605
possess1606
suborna1620
inedge1632
interlopea1641
subintroducteda1641
subintroduce1643
to hedge in1664
insinuate1665
dodge1687
lug1721
assinuate1742
wriggle1766
fudge1776
intertrude1809
injeer1820
protrude1840
sniggle1881
1881 Oxfordsh. Gloss. 98 Sniggle in, to get anything in an underhand manner.
1900 F. T. Pollok & W. S. Thom Wild Sports Burma & Assam vi. 190 I calculated that if I were successful in my application I could sniggle in those two days as well.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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