snakebit

adjective

snake·​bit ˈsnāk-ˌbit How to pronounce snakebit (audio)
variants or snakebitten
: having or experiencing failure or bad luck : unlucky

Examples of snakebit in a Sentence

The team was snakebit this year, winning only 1 game out of 10. He's so snakebit that nothing he does comes out right.
Recent Examples on the Web Some positions are just snakebit, Saban said. Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 18 Nov. 2021 The five women sent into the woods for the retreat come back late, drenched, bloody, snakebit and down one member — Alice has disappeared. Marion Winik, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023 To say the fourth-line center was snakebit is underselling it. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2022 The Alabama running back tore his ACL against Ole Miss a year ago in what became a snakebit position. Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 25 Aug. 2022 But what has made this category of sites providing cryptocurrency and other services based on blockchain technology seem so snakebit? Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 12 Aug. 2022 The perpetually snakebit Jayhawks, who have a lengthy history of N.C.A.A. disappointments — including two years ago when they were ranked No. 1 in the country before the pandemic wiped out the tournament — put those regrets behind them. New York Times, 5 Apr. 2022 Dollar Man is one of the most snakebit films in Hollywood history. Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 4 Dec. 2019 Zeppelin moved into a two-story structure with a short, snakebit history as a dining destination. Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of snakebit was in 1957

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“Snakebit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snakebit. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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