sneap

Meanings

Verb

• To check; reprove abruptly; reprimand; rebuke; chide.
• To nip; bite; pinch; blast; blight.
• To thwart; offend.
• To put someone's nose out of joint; offend.

Noun

• A reprimand; a rebuke.

Origin

• From Middle English snaipen ("to nip, injure, afflict, rebuke, revile, criticize"), from Old Norse sneypa ("to outrage, dishonor, disgrace"), from Proto-Germanic *snupaną, *snubaną, of unknown origin. See also snap.