See Also: snickle(dictionary)

stoke (oh) and snickle (iou)


stoke (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Dutch; Origin: stoken]
to add more coal or wood to a fire
::I stoked the furnace for the night.
to cause something to increase
::Rising oil prices stoked inflation.
stoke fear/anger/envy etc
::The scandal has stoked public outrage.
stoke up phr v
stoke sth ¡û¡ú up
to add more coal or wood to a fire
::We kept the fire stoked up high on cold nights.
stoke up sth
if something stokes up fear, anger etc, it makes a lot of people feel frightened etc
::The leaflets stoked up fears of an invasion.
stoke up on/with sth
to eat a lot of Food, for example because you will not eat again for a long time
::We stoked up on hot soup before going out in the snow.

snickle (iou)



snickle verb & noun. obsolete exc. dial. E17.
[Origin unkn.]
A. verb trans. Catch with a noose; snare. E17.
b. noun. A snare; a noose. L17.