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Webster 1913 Edition


Snide

Snide

,
Adj.
1.
Tricky; deceptive; contemptible;
as, a
snide
lawyer;
snide
goods.
[Slang, archaic]

Definition 2024


snide

snide

English

Adjective

snide (comparative snider, superlative snidest)

  1. Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
    Don't make snide remarks to me.
  2. Tricky; deceptive; false; spurious; contemptible.
    He was a snide lawyer.
    I received a shipment of snide goods.

Translations

References

  1. Whitney, The Century dictionary and cyclopedia, snide

Noun

snide (countable and uncountable, plural snides)

  1. (countable) An underhanded, tricky person given to sharp practise; a sharper; a beat.
  2. (uncountable) counterfeit money

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