informal
: an attitude or expression of mocking irreverence and sarcasm
… no human endeavor is beyond snark these days, so lots of people enjoy hijacking a corporation's marketing hashtag to mock the company …—
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snarked; snarking; snarks
: to make an irreverent or sarcastic comment : to say something snarky
Are they even willing to discuss policy rather than snark about candidates' supposed personality flaws?—Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman[Chrissy] Teigen said she was in the process of privately reaching out to people she had insulted in the past. She said she first started using social media to "snark at some celebrities."—Tasneem Nashrulla
Tasneem NashrullaTina Fey has embodied that all-too-rare brainy/funny/sexy trifecta since she first snarked her way through Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update."—Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment WeeklyUpon gazing at the evening meal, Russell snarked: "Is this a nursery school picnic?"—Glenn Singer
Glenn SingerExamples of snark in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebWilliam Deresiewicz, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Stone delivers pure movie star charm in her first leading role, winning over the audience (and eventually everyone else) with snark, heart, and many hilarious one-liners.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
Delgado/Fowler/Darnell) as one of the people behind the Reality Von Tease Instagram account, which spread gossip and snark about the cast of RHOSLC.
—Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
The internet’s wild theories about her apparent disappearance has pushed Kensington Palace to the point of responding with concise clarification and a bit of snark.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024
Warm and cuddly, nice with a little bit of snark or all-out Ricky Gervais?
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
Chandler Bing was the king of snark, and Friends fans loved him for it.
—EW.com, 29 Oct. 2023
Meanwhile, Hill’s and Windsor’s names were attached to the controversy on Reddit snark pages.
—Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
Early demonstrations showed a chatbot defined less by a connection to cosmic truths than by a willingness to engage in the snark and vulgarity that rival products try to avoid.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 10 Nov. 2023
Eventually, your mind tunes out the plot in order to snark about the craft.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
Basu’s evocative and thrilling novel explores with warmth and snark a future Delhi.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
And Fielding and Ayoade are there to snark and provide surrealist answers.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2022
Tracy, 31, tells the rest of the women that her ideas about only dating a certain type of man have changed as she's gotten older, which Demi (who's eight years younger) interprets as another opportunity to snark about Tracy being one of the of the few remaining contestants who's older than Colton.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
Noun
Worse is the snark, which is relentless, and mostly aimed at nothing worse than the routine careerism of intellectual life.
—William Deresiewicz, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2024
Stone delivers pure movie star charm in her first leading role, winning over the audience (and eventually everyone else) with snark, heart, and many hilarious one-liners.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2024
Delgado/Fowler/Darnell) as one of the people behind the Reality Von Tease Instagram account, which spread gossip and snark about the cast of RHOSLC.
—Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024
The internet’s wild theories about her apparent disappearance has pushed Kensington Palace to the point of responding with concise clarification and a bit of snark.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024
Warm and cuddly, nice with a little bit of snark or all-out Ricky Gervais?
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
Chandler Bing was the king of snark, and Friends fans loved him for it.
—EW.com, 29 Oct. 2023
Meanwhile, Hill’s and Windsor’s names were attached to the controversy on Reddit snark pages.
—Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
Early demonstrations showed a chatbot defined less by a connection to cosmic truths than by a willingness to engage in the snark and vulgarity that rival products try to avoid.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
Verb
Or snark on Kendall Jenner’s odd gas station photo shoot?
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 10 Nov. 2023
Eventually, your mind tunes out the plot in order to snark about the craft.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
Basu’s evocative and thrilling novel explores with warmth and snark a future Delhi.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
And Fielding and Ayoade are there to snark and provide surrealist answers.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2022
Tracy, 31, tells the rest of the women that her ideas about only dating a certain type of man have changed as she's gotten older, which Demi (who's eight years younger) interprets as another opportunity to snark about Tracy being one of the of the few remaining contestants who's older than Colton.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
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: an attitude or expression of sarcasm or mockery
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