snicker-snack
Blade slicing cleanly
Snicker-snack is a nonsense word coined by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky" to suggest the sound of a blade slicing through something: The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
It evokes quick, sharp cutting motions through pure onomatopoeia.
The word occasionally appears in fantasy contexts or playful descriptions of cutting or slashing.
snip
Small quick cut
swish · slash · clatter · crack · whack · chop · slice · clip · nick · flick
vorpal
Lethally keen-edged
- mimsyUnhappy and weak
- beamishCheerfully bright-faced
- galumphingClumsy, heavy-footed movement
chortle · slithy · gyre · gimble · whiffling · tumtum · brillig · frabjous · jaws
slice
Portion cut off
chop · hack · shred · slash · decapitate · swing · strike · swift · sharp · pierce