snock v Cp EDD snack v: var snock 'to snap, bite.'To make a snapping
noise or biting movement, esp with the jaws of a hobby-horse in Christmas mumming.
T 284-66 His mouth'd come open down here an' you'll haul this line
an' he'd snock so hard. Perhaps you get hold o' their dresses; you snock 'em up and
catches their dress, you'll tear a piece right out of un, see, with those nails. T
265-662 They'd be comin' towards you, an' you hear 'ern snock together when
the mouth close; those big jaws might be a foot long. They'd come together, snockin! They
had nails for teeth. 1969 Christmas Mumming in Nfld 66 You could tell that it was
a horsey-hops outside by his jaws snocking [knocking] together: snock, snock.
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