snark

noun

1. Snide remarks.

2. (mathematics) A graph in which every node has three branches, and the edges cannot be coloured in fewer than four colours without two edges of the same colour meeting at a point.

3. (physics) A fluke or unrepeatable result or detection in an experiment.

- Cabrera's Valentine's Day monopole detection or some extremely energetic cosmic rays could be examples of snarks.

verb

1. To express oneself in a snarky fashion

2. (obsolete) To snort.