snicker-snack
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, probably relating to snickersnee.
Interjection
[edit]- (nonce word) An onomatopoeia of unclear meaning, possibly referring to sharpness, or the sound of a blade cutting through something.
- 1871, Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky:
- One, two! One, two! And through and through / The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! / He left it dead, and with its head / He went galumphing back.