[snɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an imaginary animal (used typically with reference to a task or goal that is elusive or impossible to achieve)
(e.g: pinning down the middle classes is like the hunting of the snark)


Phrases:

Origin:
1876: nonsense word coined by Lewis Carroll in The Hunting of the Snark

[snɑːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- critical or mocking comments made in an indirect or sarcastic way
(e.g: a little more research and a little less snark might have made this an interesting post)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: originally in the dialect senses ‘snore, snort’, ‘find fault’

[snɑːk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make critical or mocking comments in an indirect or sarcastic way
(e.g: they even snark about her family background)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: originally in the dialect senses ‘snore, snort’, ‘find fault’