snicker-snack

English

Etymology

Coined by British author and scholar Lewis Carroll in his poem Jabberwocky, probably relating to snickersnee.

Interjection

snicker-snack

  1. (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.
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