sneap /sniːp/verb 3noun 1forms 3 verb3 •(dialect, no longer used) To check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.Nay, I am gone. I'm a man quickly sneaped. — 1611 •(dialect, no longer used) To bite, nip, or pinch (someone or something). •(informal, no longer used) To offend (someone); to put (someone's) nose out of joint. noun1 •(no longer used) A rebuke; a reprimand.My Lord I will not vndergoe this snepe vvithout reply, […] — 1596 formssneaped · sneaping · sneaps