Snelling (plural Snellings)
A surname.
A census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Snelling is the 7859th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4210 individuals. Snelling is most common among White (76.27%) and Black/African American (19.05%) individuals.
snelling
present participle of snell
Source: Wiktionary
Snell, a. Etym: [AS. snell; akin to D. snel, G. schnell, OHG. snel, Icel. snjallr valiant.]
Definition: Active; brisk; nimble; quick; sharp. [Archaic or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] That horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Dr. J. Brown.
Snell, n.
Definition: A short line of horsehair, gut, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer line.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
