Definition of "snick" []

To cut with short strokes; snip: snicked off a corner of the material. (verb-transitive)
To make a small cut in; nick. (verb-transitive)
To cause (something) to click: I snicked the door shut. (verb-transitive)
To snip: snicked with the shears. (verb-intransitive)
To make a nick or nicks. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "snick" in a sentence

"And with the click came another small sound, a brittle sound, barely heard; a sound like "snick," The trap was sprung."
"You'd hear a kind of snick, and see a bit of dust and plaster drop from the wall, and a hole appear that the plaster dropped out of."
"I turned the key and heard the elevator lock "snick" into place."

Words like "snick"

acous

agglomerate clack contact

cut cutting hit physical contact

sneck snicked snicking snicks

thunk whang