Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to snib
Participle: snibbed
Gerund: snibbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | snib |
| you | snib |
| he;she;it | snibs |
| we | snib |
| you | snib |
| they | snib |
Perfect
| I | have snibbed |
| you | have snibbed |
| he;she;it | has snibbed |
| we | have snibbed |
| you | have snibbed |
| they | have snibbed |
Past
| I | snibbed |
| you | snibbed |
| he;she;it | snibbed |
| we | snibbed |
| you | snibbed |
| they | snibbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had snibbed |
| you | had snibbed |
| he;she;it | had snibbed |
| we | had snibbed |
| you | had snibbed |
| they | had snibbed |
Future
| I | will snib |
| you | will snib |
| he;she;it | will snib |
| we | will snib |
| you | will snib |
| they | will snib |
Future Perfect
| I | will have snibbed |
| you | will have snibbed |
| he;she;it | will have snibbed |
| we | will have snibbed |
| you | will have snibbed |
| they | will have snibbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | snib |
| you | snib |
| he;she;it | snib |
| we | snib |
| you | snib |
| they | snib |
Perfect
| I | have snibbed |
| you | have snibbed |
| he;she;it | have snibbed |
| we | have snibbed |
| you | have snibbed |
| they | have snibbed |
Imperfect
| I | snibbed |
| you | snibbed |
| he;she;it | snibbed |
| we | snibbed |
| you | snibbed |
| they | snibbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had snibbed |
| you | had snibbed |
| he;she;it | had snibbed |
| we | had snibbed |
| you | had snibbed |
| they | had snibbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would snib |
| you | would snib |
| he;she;it | would snib |
| we | would snib |
| you | would snib |
| they | would snib |
Perfect
| I | would have snibbed |
| you | would have snibbed |
| he;she;it | would have snibbed |
| we | would have snibbed |
| you | would have snibbed |
| they | would have snibbed |
Imperative
| you | snib |
| we | Let's snib |
| you | snib |
Verbs conjugated like 'snib'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'snib'
nib,
sib,
sneb,
snie,
snig,
snip,
snub,
bib,
chib,
crib,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. To the same root as snub. For the sense reprimant, compare cognate Old Norse sneypa (“to rebuff, infringe, etc”). The etymology appears visible in Nordic cognates, to an original sense of “pinching off” (→ “to repress, infringe”), really “snipping off” (Old Norse sneypa, Norwegian Nynorsk snøypa, Swedish snöpa, snoppa, snipa, snippa (“to pinch off, to squeeze off, to castrate”)), with nouns denoting “pinched end → point” (cf. Swedish snip (“snout, spout”), snibb (“lobe”)).
2. The latch sense could stem from older latches which were lobe-shaped, then analog to Swedish snibb (“lobe”). Another idea could be that the 'latch action' derives from the action of “pinching off” becoming “closing off”. A third idea could be that it derives from reprimanding through “locking” a door. The term may also have been affected by words like snap via the “snapping” action of a latch. See: Norwegian, nynorsk '
snøypa', Swedish '
snöpa'.
Sample Sentences
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Window is snibbed on the inner side. Framework is solid. No hinges at the side. Let us open it. [1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Sherlock Holmes Gives a Demonstration”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 90:]
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All moved to the front street, where Grierson snibbed on his tail-light and turned to ask the trooper, "They've got the main road ploughed up farther on, haven't they?" [1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:]
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As at the stok the bere; Snybbith the hardy houndis that ar ken.