snick

Example Sentences

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Off Anderson's bowling, Labuschagne offered a regulation snick from a back-foot drive only for Buttler to spill the ball at a comfortable height moving to his right.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2021

It snaps on the back of a caseless iPhone with a satisfying snick.

From The Verge • Jul. 23, 2021

It crunches around in the glass, and you can hear its eyes snick in their sockets as it anxiously looks all around your small apartment.

From Slate • May 30, 2020

He threw everything at a full ball slanted across him that didn't swing back in, but it was just too wide and he could only snick it through to Akmal.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2010

One was the splash of something heavy falling into the water; the other was a noise like the snick of a lock when a door quietly closes fast.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien