Definitions For Snark

Etymology 1

Noun sense “snide remark” as {{back-formation, en, snarky, nocap=1}} (1906), from obsolete , snark, pos=v, gloss=to snore, snort (1866), from Middle English snarken, t=to snore. Compare {{cog, nds, snarken}}, {{cog, frr, snarke}}, {{cog, sv, snarka}}, and {{cog, en, snort}}, and snore.{{R:Online Etymology Dictionary, snarky}}

Noun

SNARK (uncountable) snide, snide remarks. : Synonym: sarcasm

Related terms

snarkiness snarky

Verb

{{en-verb}} To express oneself in a snarky fashion. (obsolete) To snort.

Derived terms

snarker

Etymology 2

From Snark, {{coin, en, Lewis Carroll, nocap=1}} as a {{glossary, nonce}} word in {{w, The Hunting of the Snark}} (1874), about the quest for an elusive creature. In sense of “a type of mathematical graph”, named as such in 1976 by {{w, Martin Gardner}} for their elusiveness.Martin Gardner, {{w, Mathematical Games}}, {{w, Scientific American}}, issue 234, volume 4, pp. 126–130, 1976.

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. : {{ux, en, Cabrera's valentine's day monopole detection or some extremely energetic cosmic rays could be examples of snarks.}}