Dictionary: SN – SND

► SNAB vb. to seize, to grab → 1889 Amer. dial.
► SNABBLE vb. 1. to possess carnally → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 2. to steal, to take away by stealth → 1930 Amer. dial.
► SNACK n. a small amount; a bit → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. to eat small amounts between or instead of meals → 1807 sl.
► SNACK PICKER n. a toothpick → 1998 Amer. dial.
► SNAFFLE n. talk; chatter → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to speak through the nose → 1635 
vb. 2. to seize for oneself; to grab; to obtain → 1902 sl.
► SNAFFLING adj. speaking through the nose → 1585 
► SNAFU n. a term used in a chaotic, confused, or fouled-up situation; Situation Normal, All Fucked-Up”, or “Situation Normal, All Fouled-Up” → 1945 World War II military usage
vb. to mess up, to make a blunder; to ruin something → M20 US sl.
► SNAG n. 1. an indefinite but usually large quantity or amount; a lot, a bunch → 1895 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a sausage → 1941 Aust. sl.
n. 3. an ugly girl or woman → M20 US sl.
vb. 1. to copulate; to rape → 20C US sl.
vb. 2. to commit pederasty → E20 US criminals’ sl.
► SNAG-CATCHER n. a nickname for a dentist → 19C Brit. sl.
► SNAG-FENCER n. a nickname for a dentist → 19C Brit. sl.
► SNAGGLE n. a tangle or snarl → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNAGGLY adj. tousled, tangled → 1942 Amer. sl.
► SNAGS n. sororities or sorority members → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SNAG SOME Z’s vb. to get some sleep → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SNAIL n. 1. a slow driver, esp. a motorist towing a caravan who, like the mollusc, is dragging his living quarters around with him → 20C Brit. sl.
n. 2. a very slow person → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to drag or haul with a rope → 1878 Amer. dial.
► SNAIL’S GALLOP n. an extremely slow pace → 1707
► SNAKE n. 1. the penis → 19C sl.
n. 2. inferior whisky → E20 US sl.
n. 3. a term of contempt → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 4. a young woman → 1915 World War I US Navy usage
n. 5. a railway worker → 1929 US & Aust. sl.
n. 6. a native or resident of West Virginia → 1934 Amer. sl.
n. 7. a sergeant → 1941 Aust. military sl.
n. 8. a nickname for a Caucasian → M20 African-American sl.. derogatory
n. 9. a girl, esp. an ugly girl or a promiscuous girl → M20 US sl.
n. 10. a marijuana smoker → M20 US drug culture sl.
n. 11. a traitor, esp. an informant → 2006 African-American sl.
vb. 1.  to extract forcefully or abruptly, to snatch → 1833 Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to remove or obtain by stealth or deceit; to steal, to filch → 1867 Amer. dial. 
vb. 3. to depart, esp. unobtrusively; to sneak → 1848 Amer. sl.
► SNAKE-BELLY vb. to creep or crawl → 1933 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE-BIT adj. 1. unlucky, doomed → 1851 Amer. dial. 
adj. 2. helplessly incapacitated; ineffective → 1940 Amer. sl.
► SNAKEBITE n. inferior alcohol; bad whisky → 1930 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKEBITE MEDICINE n. liquor, whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; occasionally, wine → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SNAKEBITE REMEDY n. liquor, whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; occasionally, wine → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE-BITTEN adj. 1. unlucky, doomed → 1871 Amer. dial. 
adj. 2. helplessly incapacitated; ineffective → 1940 Amer. sl.
► SNAKE BUG n. a dragonfly → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE CHARMER n. 1. a bugler → 20C Brit. military usage
n. 2. a railway maintenance worker → 1937 Aust. sl.
n. 3. a dragonfly → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE DOCTOR n. a dragonfly → 1860 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE EATER n. 1. a dragonfly → 1966 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a special forces soldier trained in survival and commando tactics, the initiates of which actually kill and eat snakes → 1970 US Army usage
► SNAKE EYES n. 1. tapioca → 1915 World War I Amer sl.
n. 2. in craps: the point or the roll of two → 1929 Amer. sl.
n. 3. in dominoes; 1-1 → 1960 sl.
► SNAKE FEEDER n. a dragonfly → 1821 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE FLY n. a dragonfly → 1948 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE GUARDER n. a dragonfly → 1949 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKEHEAD n. 1. an agent who arranges illegal immigration of Chinese → 1990 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a smuggler; someone who smuggles illegal immigrants from mainland China into Hong Kong → 1990 Amer. sl.
► SNAKE-HEADED adj. angry  → 1900 Aust. sl.
► SNAKE HEEDER n. a dragonfly → 1949 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE-HIPS n. a person whose hips move smoothly and effectively, such as a clever runner in football, a hula dancer, etc. → 1932 Amer. sl.
► SNAKE IN THE BAG n. something one buys or trades sight unseen → 1970 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE IN THE GRASS n. 1. a term of contempt; a sneaky, despised, underhanded person; a lurking danger → 17C colloq.
n. 2. glass; orig., a looking glass, but later, a drinking glass → M19 Brit. rhyming sl.
n. 3. the penis and the pubic hair → 20C sl. 
► SNAKE-JABBERS n. men’s sharp-pointed shoes → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE-JUICE n. inferior alcohol; bad whisky; alcohol as potent as snake’s venom → 1890 sl., chiefly Aust.
► SNAKE-JUICER n. a drinker of cheap liquor → L19 sl.
► SNAKE-KICKERS n. men’s sharp-pointed shoes → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE KILLER n. inferior alcohol; bad whisky → 1907 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE MEDICINE n. liquor, whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; occasionally, wine → 1865 Amer. dial.
► SNAKENAVEL ► SNAKE’S NAVEL n. an imaginary, extremely remote town → 1976 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE OFF vb. to slip along, to move stealthily → 1910 sl., orig. Aust.
► SNAKE OIL n. 1. a fraudulent remedy → 1927 Amer. sl.
n. 2. liquor, whisky → 1950 Amer. dial. 
n. 3. speech or action which is superficially attractive but of no real substance or effectiveness → 1961 
► SNAKE OUT vb. to slip along, to move stealthily → 1910 sl., orig. Aust.
► SNAKE-PEN n. a sergeants’ mess → 1941 Aust. sl.
► SNAKE-PETER n. a dragonfly → 1950 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE PISS n. inferior alcohol; bad whisky → 1986 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE-PIT n. 1. a sergeants’ mess  → 1941 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a mental hospital → 1947 sl.
n. 3. a bar frequented by homosexuals → 1950 US homosexual sl.
n. 4. a brothel → 1960 sl.
n. 5. a red-light area → 1960 sl.
n. 6. the vagina → 1960 US sl.
n. 7. a gathering of ugly girls → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SNAKE POISON n. inferior alcohol; bad whisky → 1889 Aust. & US sl.
► SNAKE-POLE ► SNAKE-POLL vb. to maul viciously → 1838 Amer.
► SNAKE-POOR adj. very poor, impoverished → 1942 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE RANCH n. 1. a brothel → 1960 sl.
n. 2. a bachelor’s house → 1990 US sl.
► SNAKE REMEDY n. liquor, whisky, esp. illegally made whisky; occasionally, wine → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE ROOM n. a room off a saloon, into which a barkeeper or the bouncer could slide drunk lumberjacks head first through swinging doors from the bar-room → 1908 Amer. dial. esp. logging usage
► SNAKES int. an exclamation, usually of surprise or indignation → 1839 Amer. dial.
n. the delirium tremens → 1892 US colloq.
► SNAKE’S ALARM CLOCK n. a rattlesnake’s rattles → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► SNAKES ALIVE! int. an exclamation, usually of surprise or indignation → 1847 Amer. dial.
► SNAKE SERVANT n. a dragonfly → 1892 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE’S HIPS n. something excellent → 1926 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNAKE’S HISS n. urine; an act of urination → 20C Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘piss’
vb. to urinate → 20C Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘piss’
► SNAKES IN ONE’S BOOTS n. delirium tremens → 1854 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE SOUP n. a pot of soup made with meat base, put on the back of the stove; the next day something else is added, and so forth → 1968 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE STATE n. West Virginia → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNAKE’S TOENAILS n. something excellent → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNAKE WAITER n. a dragonfly → 1940 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKE WATER n. inferior alcohol; bad whisky → 1898 Amer. dial. 
► SNAKY adj. 1. jittery, shaky, esp. as the result of delirium tremens → 1884 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. angry → 1894 Aust. & NZ sl.
adj. 3. of an animal, esp. a horse or cow: unpredictable, wild → 1902 Amer. dial. 
► SNANGLE vb. to snarl, to tangle → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SNAP n. 1. something easily done → 1845 Amer. sl.
n. 2. energy; vim; dash → 1865 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a photograph; a snapshot → 1894 Amer. colloq.
n. 4. an insult, esp. a public taunt → 1990 Amer. sl.
n. 5. amphetamine → 1998 drug culture sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to speak irritably or abruptly → 1579 
vb. 2. of a dog: to bite → 1687
vb. 3. to blink the eye → 1824 Amer. dial. 
vb. 4. to absent oneself from without permission; to skip a class → 1831 Amer. dial. 
vb. 5. to take a photograph of → 20C Amer. sl.
vb. 6. to laugh; to mock, to tease → 1960 African-American sl.
vb. 7. to go crazy; to freak out → 1970 Amer. sl.
► SNAP ASSES vb. to brawl → 1952 Amer. sl.
► SNAP ASSHOLES vb. to brawl → 1952 Amer. sl.
► SNAP AS SHORT AS A CARROT vb. to snap, break off short and sharp, as a carrot does → L18 colloq.
► SNAPBONE n. a wishbone → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SNAP CASE n. a bizarre person → 1960 Amer. sl. 
► SNAP COURSE n.  an easy course → 20C Amer. students’ sl. 
► SNAPHANCE adj. retorting sharply, snappish → 1592 obs.
n. 1. an armed robber or marauder; a freebooter or highwayman; a thief or desperate fellow → 1539 obs.
n. 2. an early form of flint-lock used in muskets and pistols → 1588 
n. 3. a musket, gun, etc. fitted with a lock (see n. 2.), used in the 16th-17th centuries → 1590 Hist.
n. 4. a snappish retort; a curt, sharp answer; a ready answer or argument → 1598 obs.
n. 5. a woman of low character → 1625 obs.
n. 6. a soldier armed with the kind of gun in n.3. → 1645 obs.
► SNAP HUNTER n. a student who selects easy courses → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SNAP INTO IT vb. to hurry; to go faster → 1967 Amer. sl.
► SNAP IT UP vb. to hurry; to act faster → 1940 Amer. sl.
► SNAP MACKEREL vb. to observe the Catholic tradition of eating fish on Friday → 1968 Amer. dial. 
► SNAP ON vb. to insult, esp. publicly and in a sort of competitive way → 1990 Amer. sl.
► SNAP ONE’S COOKIES vb. to vomit; to regurgitate → 1927 US sl.
► SNAP OUT OF IT vb. to recover, esp. from gloom or sluggardy; to become energetic → 1928 Amer. sl.
► SNAPPED adj. intoxicated with alcohol → M19 US sl
► SNAPPED PEG n. a fast throw → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNAPPED-UP adj. intoxicated with narcotics → M20 US drug culture sl.
► SNAPPER n. 1. the penis → 19C Brit. sl.
n. 2. the point or risible climax of a story or joke → 1857 Amer. sl.
n. 3. a very attractive girl; a very sexy girl → 20C sl.
n. 4. a young man, esp. one who acts younger than his age; a ‘whippersnapper’ → 20C Brit. sl.
n. 5. a photographer → 1910 UK sl.
n. 6. a ticket inspector → 1938 Brit. sl.
n. 7. the foreskin → 1941 US sl.
n. 8. an impudent tattler → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
n. 9. amyl nitrite; an ampoule of amyl nitrite → 1967 US sl.
n. 10. a wooden match → 1970 US sl.
n. 11. a girl or young woman → 1971 US sl.
n. 12. the vagina, esp. one with exceptional muscle control → 1975 US sl.
n. 13. the mythical ingredient in baked beans that can be removed to prevent flatulence → 1975 US sl.
n. 14. a small, fast-breaking wave → 1977 Aust. sl.
n. 15. in lobstering: a lobster that is not legal size → 1978 US sl.
n. 16. in blackjack: an ace and ten-point card dealt as the first two cards to a player → 1980 US sl.
n. 17. an infant → 2003 Ireland sl.
► SNAPPERHEAD n.  an impertinent fellow, one who snaps or answers too quickly or impudently → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► SNAPPER-RIGGED adj. improvised; repaired in a makeshift fashion → 2002 Can sl., orig. nautical usage
► SNAPPERS n. 1. teeth, esp. false teeth → 1924 Amer. dial.
n. 2. a plate of baked beans → 1936 Amer. dial. 
n. 3. Isobutyl nitrite → 1998 drug culture sl. (Bk.)
► SNAPPING AND GALCHING n. the quarrelsome conversation of two irritated persons → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SNAPPING UP n. a scolding → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SNAPPISH adj. peevish or testy in speech or reply → 1542 
► SNAPPISHNESS n. sharpness or curtness of speech → 1598 
► SNAPPY adj. 1. quick; brisk; energetic → 1831 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. short-tempered; irritable → 1834 US sl.
adj. 3. fashionably smart → 1881 UK sl.
► SNAPPY HEAP n. a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNAPS n. 1. handcuffs → 1895 sl.
n. 2. a humorous person or action → 1970 US students’ sl.
n. 3. snack food → 1986 US sl.
n. 4. praise; recognition → 1995 US sl.
n. 5. money → 1997 US sl.
► SNAP SEEKER n. a student who selects easy courses → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SNAP THE RUBBER vb. to masturbate → M20 US sl.
► SNAP THE WHIP vb. to masturbate → M20 US sl.
► SNAP TO vb. to become sharply attentive and responsive → 1940 Amer. sl.
► SNAP TO IT vb. to hurry; to go faster → 1967 Amer. sl.
► SNAP UP vb. to respond sharply or critically to one → 1850 Amer. dial. 
► SNARD LUMPS n. snow and ice clumps that build up under the fender of the car → 1987 Can. sl.
► SNARF n. an unpleasant person; an objectionable or unpopular person → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to eat or drink quickly and rudely → 1960 sl.
vb. 2. to take or grab → 1968 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to be unpleasant to someone → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
vb. 4. to pick up a date, as at the bowling alley, a bar, etc. → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► SNARF DOWN vb. to eat; to gobble → 1968 Amer. sl.
► SNARF UP vb. to eat; to gobble → 1968 Amer. sl.
► SNARK n. a caustic witticism → 2003 US sl.
vb. to act grumpily or nastily → 1997 US sl.
► SNARKY adj. irritable; touchy; sarcastic, snide → 1906 Amer. sl.
► SNARL vb. to speak angrily → 1905 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SNARLER n. 1. a dog → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. a sausage → 1963 NZ sl.
► SNARLEYOW n. a dog → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNARLEY-YOW n. a discontented, litigious grumbler → 1867 nautical usage
► SNARL-UP n. a difficulty; a state of confusion and disorganization; a chaotic mess; often applied to a near-gridlock in a traffic system → 1960 UK sl.
► SNASSINGER n. a sausage → 1899 Amer. dial.
► SNATCH n. 1. a very rapid act of copulation → E17 Brit. sl.
n. 2. the posteriors → 20C sl.
n. 3. female genitals → 1904 sl.
n. 4. a woman as a sexual object → 1904 UK sl.
n. 5. a robbery → 1930 Brit. sl.
n. 6. a kidnapping → 1931 sl.
n. 7. a short time; a moment → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 8. catamites → M20 US sl.
n. 9. women of loose sexual control → M20 US sl.
n. 10. an attractive girl  → 1971 US students’ sl.
n. 10. an air rescue of ground troops or the crew of a downed aircraft → 1988 US sl.
n. 11. something stolen → 2000 UK sl.
vb. 1. to steal → 1765 Amer. sl.
vb. 2. to kidnap → 1932 Amer. sl.
vb. 3. to blink the eye → 1968 Amer. dial. 
► SNATCH 22 n. a woman who is considered so sexually unattractive that a man would have to be drunk to attempt sex with her, but too drunk to perform → 2002 UK sl.
► SNATCH A CLUB FROM HERCULES vb. to attempt an impossible or very difficult task → 1832
► SNATCH BALD vb. to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze → 1962 US sl.
► SNATCH BALDHEADED vb. 1. to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze → 1866 US sl.
vb. 2. to confiscate; to steal with strategy rather than on impulse → 1860 US Civil War usage
► SNATCH BOX n. the vagina → 1961 UK sl.
► SNATCH BOX DECORATED WITH RED ROSES n. the bleed period of the menstrual cycle → 1999 US sl.
► SNATCHED adj. in a hurry → 1903 Amer. dial. 
► SNATCHED UP adj. lacking manners, uncouth, boorish → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SNATCHER n. 1. a kidnapper → 1932 Amer. sl.
n. 2. a police detective → 1948 US sl.
n. 3. a thief → 1965 US sl.
► SNATCH FUR n. female pubic hair → 1972 US sl.
► SNATCH HAIR n. the pubic hair of either gender → 1995 US sl.
► SNATCH HOUND n. a person who is obsessed with sex and women → 1992 US sl.
► SNATCHING adj. 1. attractive; charming → 1909 Amer. dial.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNATCH IT vb. to quit work taking the wages due → 1911 Aust. sl.
► SNATCH MAN n. a press photographer → 2001 UK sl.
► SNATCH ONE BALD-HEADED vb. to manhandle; to treat roughly → 1869 Amer. dial.
► SNATCH PATROL n. a combat mission in which the object is to capture enemy troops for interrogation → 1977 US sl.
► SNATCH-PEDDLER n. 1. a prostitute, either male or female → M20 US sl.
n. 2. a catamite → M20 US sl.
► SNATCH-PLUG n. a tampon → 1972 US sl.
► SNATCH UP vb. to rear a child with little attention to manners or civility → 1966 Amer. dial. 
► SNATCHY adj. 1. irregular; spasmodic → 1861 
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNATCH YOUR TIME vb. to quit work taking the wages due → 1916 Aust. sl.
► SNATTER n. anything wasting away gradually → 1841 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. to chatter → 1647 obs.
► SNAVEL ► SNAVVEL vb. to steal or grab → 1790 sl., now chiefly Aust.
► SNAZZ n. elegance; smartness → 1930 Amer. sl.
► SNAZZ UP vb. to make something smarter and more elegant; to enhance → 1970 Amer. sl.
► SNAZZY adj. 1. elegant; stylish; smart and fashionable; clever and desirable → 1932 Amer. sl.
adj. 2. excellent; first-rate → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
adj. 3. gaudy and meretricious → 1970 Amer. sl.