CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SNIBBED
PRESENT
Present
I snibbed
you snibbed
he/she/it snibbeds
we snibbed
you snibbed
they snibbed
Present continuous
I am snibbedding
you are snibbedding
he/she/it is snibbedding
we are snibbedding
you are snibbedding
they are snibbedding
Present perfect
I have snibbedded
you have snibbedded
he/she/it has snibbedded
we have snibbedded
you have snibbedded
they have snibbedded
Present perfect continuous
I have been snibbedding
you have been snibbedding
he/she/it has been snibbedding
we have been snibbedding
you have been snibbedding
they have been snibbedding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I snibbedded
you snibbedded
he/she/it snibbedded
we snibbedded
you snibbedded
they snibbedded
Past continuous
I was snibbedding
you were snibbedding
he/she/it was snibbedding
we were snibbedding
you were snibbedding
they were snibbedding
Past perfect
I had snibbedded
you had snibbedded
he/she/it had snibbedded
we had snibbedded
you had snibbedded
they had snibbedded
Past perfect continuous
I had been snibbedding
you had been snibbedding
he/she/it had been snibbedding
we had been snibbedding
you had been snibbedding
they had been snibbedding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will snibbed
you will snibbed
he/she/it will snibbed
we will snibbed
you will snibbed
they will snibbed
Future continuous
I will be snibbedding
you will be snibbedding
he/she/it will be snibbedding
we will be snibbedding
you will be snibbedding
they will be snibbedding
Future perfect
I will have snibbedded
you will have snibbedded
he/she/it will have snibbedded
we will have snibbedded
you will have snibbedded
they will have snibbedded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been snibbedding
you will have been snibbedding
he/she/it will have been snibbedding
we will have been snibbedding
you will have been snibbedding
they will have been snibbedding
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would snibbed
you would snibbed
he/she/it would snibbed
we would snibbed
you would snibbed
they would snibbed
Conditional continuous
I would be snibbedding
you would be snibbedding
he/she/it would be snibbedding
we would be snibbedding
you would be snibbedding
they would be snibbedding
Conditional perfect
I would have snibbed
you would have snibbed
he/she/it would have snibbed
we would have snibbed
you would have snibbed
they would have snibbed
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been snibbedding
you would have been snibbedding
he/she/it would have been snibbedding
we would have been snibbedding
you would have been snibbedding
they would have been snibbedding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you snibbed
we let´s snibbed
you snibbed
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
snibbedded
Present Participle
snibbedding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNIBBED»
Discover the use of
snibbed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
snibbed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Anglo-Saxon and Early English Psalter: Now First Printed ...
6And he snibbed be Rede Se, And drie es it made to be ; And he led 7 am in
depnesse, Als it war in wildernesse. 10. And he sauved am of hand of hatand,
And boght 8 am of hand of ille-willand. 11. And he 9hiled with watre bam drovand
, Ane ...
2
English Metrical Homilies: From Manuscripts of the ...
M Bot sua noht thin Jon, I wis, That snibbed lilerod quen he did misse, And said it
was igain the lawe * His brother wif fleyflic to knawe. He helded noht, bot stithe
stod, And for sothesawe sched his blosi_d. In sted of tal, I wille you telle Hou it of
...
3
A complete Report of the Trial of ... Madeleine Smith for ...
The back gate was usually snibbed; it was sometimes locked. Then a person
from the inside could open the back-door by the key which stood in the door, and
then open the back gate by unsnibbing it '!—Yes. . Where was the key of the front
...
Madeleine Hamilton SMITH, John Morison (advocate.), 1857
4
Catholicon Anglicum: An English-Latin Wordbook, Dated 1483
38 : ' he snibbed him of his sinne.' Gawain Douglas, jBneados, Bk. x. p. 308, uses
the word in the sense of checking : ' wyntir to snyb the erth wyth frostis and
schouris.' ' I have my sone snibbed and yet shal.' Chaucer, F. 688. Cf. Dutch
snibbig ...
Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, 1882
5
The Sandyford Murder Case. Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan for ...
Did he say whether the window was snibbed or not? He said the window was
snibbed in the inside. Lord DIAS—That is, it was fastened ? It was fastened by a
snib. Mr CLARK—W88 it fastened when you saw it on Monday night? It was.
6
Full report, of the ... trial of miss Madeleine Smith ... on ...
The back gate was sometimes locked, but more generally " snibbed." The key of
the low front door was always left in the lock, as also the key of the high front door
. It was the key of the front area gate that the boy kept. I had charge of Miss ...
Madeleine Hamilton Smith, 1857
7
The Case of the Left-Handed Lady: An Enola Holmes Mystery
“And the window was found open?” “Yes, ma'am.” “Were any windows or doors
downstairs opened?” “No, ma'am. The downstairs doors were locked and barred,
and the windows snibbed.” “But these windows were not snibbed?” “No, ma'am.
8
The Publications of the Surtees Society
6And he snibbed be Rede Se, And drie es it made to be ; And he led 7 am in
depnesse, Als it war in wildernesse. 10. And he sauved am of hand of hatand,
And boght 8 am of hand of ille-willand. 11. And he 9hiled with watre bam drovand
, Ane ...
9
The Edinburgh Companion to James Kelman
that fucking door outside man he hadnay fucking snibbed it for fuck sake he
hadnay even fucking snibbed it! imagine no even snibbing the fucking thing!
fucking idiot man, fuck sake, crazy fucking and ye were in bed, it was creepy, ye
were ...
10
The Riches of Chaucer: In which His Impurities Have Been ...
... discreti6n As that ye be. Fie on possession But if a man 4 be virtuous withal !
15 1 have my sonu£ snibbed s and yet shall, For he to virtue listeth not t' intend,6
But for to play at dice and to dispend, And lose all that he hath, is his usage \ And
...
Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Cowden Clarke, 1835
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNIBBED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
snibbed is used in the context of the following news items.
Les Murray finds brevity in poetry anthology Waiting for the Past
... we have “knee-sprung”, “cheek-sawing”, “wristwatch-shaped”, “halter-snibbed”, “cripple-kneed buttock-up”, “charcoal-barreled”, “nun-harem”, “blush-crimson”, ... «The Australian, May 15»
Will Self: Stuck in a train toilet, I see the future of urban Britain …
... so I shuffled happily inside, snibbed, and was preparing to answer the call of nature when I noticed that the toilet seat was haloed by a photographic transfer ... «New Statesman, Apr 15»
Judgment day arrives as strongman sets record in front of Arnie
In fact, so pumped was Arnie he tried to chuck the big high-five only to be momentarily snibbed. “I had Arnold Schwarzenegger cheering me and he gave me a ... «The Australian, Mar 15»
Christmas chaos at Dunfermline post office lockout
“The front door was double-snibbed and nobody else - not even the manager - had the key for the back door. “Eventually, a locksmith was called and in front of ... «Dunfermline Press, Dec 14»
The truth about earthquake repairs
Noted front door snibbed preventing key access, and back door secured by key and warning tape tying doors together. Did not enter house. Sean calls and says ... «Stuff.co.nz, Sep 14»
All the Rage by AL Kennedy, review
She orders a cup of coffee, “then sipped and paused and sipped and paused and then mimed – thumb snibbed against index finger in a tiny beak – the scribble ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 14»
My night of hell locked in the loo
Everyone had gone from the 'Reportercabin' and, as usual, I was locking up (I'm really a janitor) when I automatically snibbed the lock in the gents cubicle. «Largs and Millport Weekly News, Jan 14»
Last Tango in Halifax, series two, episode two, review
“Surprise, surprise – turns out Raff's a bit of a mucklump like his mother,” Celia snibbed to her own less-than-perfect daughter Caroline (Sarah Lancashire), ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 13»
Woman spied on through window before being tied to chair as …
After finding nothing untoward, she snibbed her front door and went back to watching the movie. She heard another noise ten minutes later and thought her ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Dec 12»
Useful Scots word: Snib
Next to the bolt meaning the verb sense that I am most familiar with is to rebuff, as in I went over to speak to her but she snibbed me and walked away. The cut off ... «The Caledonian Mercury, Aug 12»
