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sny

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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6
Words With Friends
6
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/snaɪ/(US)
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/snaɪ/(US) · /snʌɪ/(UK)

Definition of sny

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, rare)To move, proceed.
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verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, rare)To move, proceed.
  2. (dialectal, intransitive)Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something
    ““And did you kill it?” “I did, for they’re a nuisance. The place is fair snied wi’ ‛em.””

noun

  1. Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat.
  2. Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat.
  3. (archaic)A small channel of water.
    “The word snye, sny or snie has been used for many years to describe a channel behind an island, with slack current or partly dried, or some such similar feature.”
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of sensitive needs yard (“part of a prison for prisoners who cannot safely be housed with the general population”).

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Etymology

Of obscure origin. Likely from late Middle English sniȝen, snyȝen (“to creep”), from Old Danish *snigæ (whence modern Danish snige), from Old Norse sníkja (“to crawl, creep”). If so, doublet of sneak.

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