snip-snapn.

/ˈsnɪpˌsnap/

Etymology: < snip n. + snap n., used with imitative effect.In Bale Thre Lawes (1538) 1474 Hypocrisy addresses Infidelity as ‘brother snyp snap’.

†1. The action of snipping or clipping with a pair of scissors or the like; an instance of this. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)

shearingc1315

paring1319

concision1382

shaving1390

thwiting1393

forcingc1440

trousing1512

trimmingc1525

circumcision1581

snipping1583

clipping1589

snip-snap1597

trim1608

whittling1614

collinga1628

shripping1635

snippery1639

undercuttinga1652

exscindinga1677

nipping1693

snip-snapping1906

1597 G. Harvey Trimming T. Nashe in Wks. (1885) III. 72 If heere I haue been too prodigall in snip snaps, tell me of it.

1638 J. Ford Fancies v. 69 The fashion of Gentry, which is never compleat, till the snip snap of dexterity, hath mow'd off the excrements of slovenry.

2. Smart remark or reply; sharp repartee.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun]

agnomination1574

paronymy1627

adnomination1628

wit-rack1642

repartee1668

snip-snap1727

persiflage1757

quippery1785

cross-talk1887

eutrapelia1956

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 65 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. It is by Virtue of this Stile that..Marcus Aurelius is excellent at Snipsnap.

1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper II. 246 I have amused myself with..playing a game at snip-snap, with Beatrice in Benedick.

1811 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. 149 Letters should assimilate to the higher style of conversation, without the snip-snap of fashionable dialogue.

1872 Tennyson in Life (1897) II. iv. 113 (note) To print the names of the speakers..over the short snip-snap of their talk.

†3. = snapper n.¹ 2b. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > castanets

snapper1605

castanet1647

knocker1648

crotaloa1682

knacker1691

crotalum1728

snip-snap1736

jawbone1844

crotal1850

clave1928

crotale1938

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A snip snap, or snappers, crotalum.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

snip-snapadj.

/ˈsnɪpˌsnap/

Etymology: Compare snip-snap n.

†1. Making a snipping sound; working or acting by snipping or clipping. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [adjective] > snip

snip-snap1600

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)

shearing1487

snip-snap1600

scything1822

whittling1839

1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 120 These snip-snap sheers.

1643 Mercurius Brit. No. 28. 211 Barbers and every Snip~snap Jack which can tell the King a faire tale in his eare.

a. Of the nature of snip-snap; characterized by snip-snap or smart repartee.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adjective]

snip-snap1673

quippish1817

quippy1859

quipsome1881

smart-mouthed1967

zinging1972

1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 139 His snip-snap wit, hit for hit, and dash for dash.

1703 P. A. Motteux in G. Farquhar Twin-rivals Prol. sig. Aiii With Vollies of Small Shot, or Snip-Snap Wit.

1752 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 5 Run off from the Point, in a snip-snap Stile, with pert Question and Answer.

1830 H. Lee Mem. Manager I. iv. 152 A snip-snap mode of expression.

1861 S. Brooks Silver Cord (1865) viii. 45 It is not a bit of snip-snap impertinence..that will frighten me.

1884 Fortn. Rev. Dec. 785 The snip-snap dialogue about prodigies.

b. Of persons: Given to snip-snap. rare.

ΚΠ

1785 R. Graves Eugenius II. xix. 126 He found she..was not that pert, snip-snap formidable Beatrice, which he at first had some reason to think her.

3. Snappish, quarrelsome, irritable. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective] > snappish or sharp-tongued

knappish1542

snappish1542

short1591

tart1601

tart-tongued1602

nimble-tongued1608

snapping1642

snapper1673

snip-snap1770

snaggy1781

twittya1825

snappy1834

sharp-tongued1837

snippy1848

snack1883

1770 C. Jenner Placid Man II. iv. iii. 23 In this kind of snip-snap disposition the family arrived in town.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

snip-snapv.

/ˈsnɪpˌsnap/

Etymology: Compare snip-snap n.

1. intransitive. To indulge in snip-snap or smart repartee; to speak in a snappy manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be witty with words [verb (intransitive)]

to play mid wordseOE

gameOE

snip-snap1593

to play on (also upon) words (also the word)1600

quip1908

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 107* If any whosoeuer will needes be offering abuse in fact, or snip-snapping in termes.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 63 ‘I believe..that you think I have nothing better to do than to read novels.’ And so she snip-snaps to the end of the visit.

1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 160 Pluck snipsnaps with his wife, cracks on Hash, shows his white teeth to Margaret.

2. To snip; to clip with a snipping sound.

ΚΠ

1906 Westm. Gaz. 14 July 2/2 Scissors join in, with their snip-snapping, as a third bodice is cut out.

Derivatives

snip-snapping n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > snip

snip-snapping1906

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument)

shearingc1315

paring1319

concision1382

shaving1390

thwiting1393

forcingc1440

trousing1512

trimmingc1525

circumcision1581

snipping1583

clipping1589

snip-snap1597

trim1608

whittling1614

collinga1628

shripping1635

snippery1639

undercuttinga1652

exscindinga1677

nipping1693

snip-snapping1906

1906Snip-snapping [see sense 2].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

snip-snapadv.int.

Etymology: Compare snip-snap v.

? Obsolete.

With snip and snap; with a snipping, snapping sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [adverb] > snip

snip-snap1596

snipa1661

snicker-snack1871

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. B2 To torment him, & deal as snip snap snappishly with him, as euer he was delt withall.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 56 A sweete tutch, a quicke vene we [sic] of wit, snip snap, quicke and home.

1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C^v My Sister shootes him off snipsnap at her pleasure.

1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal iii. 21 For you shall see 'em come in upon one another snip snap..as fast as can be.

1793 L. Williams Children's Friend I. 16 I will..come with my bill-hook, and snip-snap, cut all those briars down to the ground.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

n.1597

adj.1600

v.1593

adv.int.1596

单词	snip-snap
释义	snip-snapn. /ˈsnɪpˌsnap/ Etymology: < snip n. + snap n., used with imitative effect.In Bale Thre Lawes (1538) 1474 Hypocrisy addresses Infidelity as ‘brother snyp snap’. †1. The action of snipping or clipping with a pair of scissors or the like; an instance of this. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) shearingc1315 paring1319 concision1382 shaving1390 thwiting1393 forcingc1440 trousing1512 trimmingc1525 circumcision1581 snipping1583 clipping1589 snip-snap1597 trim1608 whittling1614 collinga1628 shripping1635 snippery1639 undercuttinga1652 exscindinga1677 nipping1693 snip-snapping1906 1597 G. Harvey Trimming T. Nashe in Wks. (1885) III. 72 If heere I haue been too prodigall in snip snaps, tell me of it. 1638 J. Ford Fancies v. 69 The fashion of Gentry, which is never compleat, till the snip snap of dexterity, hath mow'd off the excrements of slovenry. 2. Smart remark or reply; sharp repartee. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] agnomination1574 paronymy1627 adnomination1628 wit-rack1642 repartee1668 snip-snap1727 persiflage1757 quippery1785 cross-talk1887 eutrapelia1956 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 65 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. It is by Virtue of this Stile that..Marcus Aurelius is excellent at Snipsnap. 1781 C. Johnstone Hist. John Juniper II. 246 I have amused myself with..playing a game at snip-snap, with Beatrice in Benedick. 1811 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. 149 Letters should assimilate to the higher style of conversation, without the snip-snap of fashionable dialogue. 1872 Tennyson in Life (1897) II. iv. 113 (note) To print the names of the speakers..over the short snip-snap of their talk. †3. = snapper n.¹ 2b. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > percussion instrument > [noun] > castanets snapper1605 castanet1647 knocker1648 crotaloa1682 knacker1691 crotalum1728 snip-snap1736 jawbone1844 crotal1850 clave1928 crotale1938 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I. (at cited word) A snip snap, or snappers, crotalum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). snip-snapadj. /ˈsnɪpˌsnap/ Etymology: Compare snip-snap n. †1. Making a snipping sound; working or acting by snipping or clipping. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [adjective] > snip snip-snap1600 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) shearing1487 snip-snap1600 scything1822 whittling1839 1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 120 These snip-snap sheers. 1643 Mercurius Brit. No. 28. 211 Barbers and every Snip~snap Jack which can tell the King a faire tale in his eare. 2. a. Of the nature of snip-snap; characterized by snip-snap or smart repartee. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adjective] snip-snap1673 quippish1817 quippy1859 quipsome1881 smart-mouthed1967 zinging1972 1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 139 His snip-snap wit, hit for hit, and dash for dash. 1703 P. A. Motteux in G. Farquhar Twin-rivals Prol. sig. Aiii With Vollies of Small Shot, or Snip-Snap Wit. 1752 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 5 Run off from the Point, in a snip-snap Stile, with pert Question and Answer. 1830 H. Lee Mem. Manager I. iv. 152 A snip-snap mode of expression. 1861 S. Brooks Silver Cord (1865) viii. 45 It is not a bit of snip-snap impertinence..that will frighten me. 1884 Fortn. Rev. Dec. 785 The snip-snap dialogue about prodigies. b. Of persons: Given to snip-snap. rare. ΚΠ 1785 R. Graves Eugenius II. xix. 126 He found she..was not that pert, snip-snap formidable Beatrice, which he at first had some reason to think her. 3. Snappish, quarrelsome, irritable. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > irritability > irritable [adjective] > snappish or sharp-tongued knappish1542 snappish1542 short1591 tart1601 tart-tongued1602 nimble-tongued1608 snapping1642 snapper1673 snip-snap1770 snaggy1781 twittya1825 snappy1834 sharp-tongued1837 snippy1848 snack1883 1770 C. Jenner Placid Man II. iv. iii. 23 In this kind of snip-snap disposition the family arrived in town. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). snip-snapv. /ˈsnɪpˌsnap/ Etymology: Compare snip-snap n. 1. intransitive. To indulge in snip-snap or smart repartee; to speak in a snappy manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be witty with words [verb (intransitive)] to play mid wordseOE gameOE snip-snap1593 to play on (also upon) words (also the word)1600 quip1908 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 107* If any whosoeuer will needes be offering abuse in fact, or snip-snapping in termes. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 63 ‘I believe..that you think I have nothing better to do than to read novels.’ And so she snip-snaps to the end of the visit. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xvii. 160 Pluck snipsnaps with his wife, cracks on Hash, shows his white teeth to Margaret. 2. To snip; to clip with a snipping sound. ΚΠ 1906 Westm. Gaz. 14 July 2/2 Scissors join in, with their snip-snapping, as a third bodice is cut out. Derivatives snip-snapping n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > snip snip-snapping1906 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > cutting off or away (with an instrument) shearingc1315 paring1319 concision1382 shaving1390 thwiting1393 forcingc1440 trousing1512 trimmingc1525 circumcision1581 snipping1583 clipping1589 snip-snap1597 trim1608 whittling1614 collinga1628 shripping1635 snippery1639 undercuttinga1652 exscindinga1677 nipping1693 snip-snapping1906 1906Snip-snapping [see sense 2]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). snip-snapadv.int. Etymology: Compare snip-snap v. ? Obsolete. With snip and snap; with a snipping, snapping sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [adverb] > snip snip-snap1596 snipa1661 snicker-snack1871 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. B2 To torment him, & deal as snip snap snappishly with him, as euer he was delt withall. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 56 A sweete tutch, a quicke vene we [sic] of wit, snip snap, quicke and home. View more context for this quotation 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C^v My Sister shootes him off snipsnap at her pleasure. 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal iii. 21 For you shall see 'em come in upon one another snip snap..as fast as can be. 1793 L. Williams Children's Friend I. 16 I will..come with my bill-hook, and snip-snap, cut all those briars down to the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1597adj.1600v.1593adv.int.1596
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