sneck

UK //snˈɛk// sneck

Origin

From Middle English snek, sneke, snekke, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots sneck. Possibly from Old English snecce, from Proto-West Germanic snakikā, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snak- (“to blow; sniff; nibble”) and thus related to English snatch.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Idioms2 entries

01
give a sneck posset
To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.
02
sneck posset
A cold reception, closing the door on a visitor

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