Definitions
a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket bat
Word origin
Probably from snick or snee.
Used in a sentence
“I reached out and snicked a white thread that hung from her sleeve.”
“Once the furore had been dampened, the minuscule snick on Billy's knee covered in a Superman plaster[…], I found my mind flashing through multiple matters, like that of a drowning person, only more optimistic.”
“Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Slight cricket deflection”5 letters
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