snick

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
snick/snɪk/

▶verb

• 1 cut a small notch or incision in.

• 2 Cricket deflect (the ball) slightly with the edge of the bat; deflect a ball delivered by (a bowler) in this way.

• 3 make or cause to make a sharp click.

▶noun

• 1 a small notch or cut.

• 2 Cricket a slight deflection of the ball by the bat.

• 3 a sharp click.

– origin C17: prob. from obs. snick or snee ‘fight with knives’.