SNARK

Etymology

Proper noun

Snark

A fictional animal in Lewis Carroll’s The Hunting of the Snark.

A ketch built by Jack London named after Lewis Carroll's poem The Hunting of the Snark

Anagrams

• ARNKs, Karns, KrÅ¡an, Kṛṣṇa, karns, knars, krans, narks, ranks, skarn

Etymology 1

Noun

snark (uncountable)

Snide remarks.

Synonym: sarcasm

Verb

snark (third-person singular simple present snarks, present participle snarking, simple past and past participle snarked)

To express oneself in a snarky fashion.

(obsolete) To snort.

Etymology 2

Noun

snark (plural snarks)

(mathematics) A graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point.

(particle) A fluke or unrepeatable result or detection in an experiment.

Anagrams

• ARNKs, Karns, KrÅ¡an, Kṛṣṇa, karns, knars, krans, narks, ranks, skarn

Source: Wiktionary



RESET




Word of the Day

30 April 2025

SCOMBROID

(noun) important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.

coffee icon