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[ snip ] / snɪp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR snip ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), snipped, snip·ping.to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like. to remove or cut off (something) by or as by cutting in this manner: to snip a rose. verb (used without object), snipped, snip·ping.to cut with small, quick strokes. nounthe act of snipping, as with scissors. a small cut made by snipping. a small piece snipped off. a small piece, bit, or amount of anything: a snip of food. Informal. a small or insignificant person. Informal. a presumptuous or impertinent person. snips, small, strong hand shears used by sheet metal workers. British Informal. a bargain. Origin of snip1550–60; origin uncertain; compare Dutch, Low German snippen to snip, catch, clip OTHER WORDS FROM snipun·snipped, adjectiveWords nearby snipsnig, snigger, snigging chain, sniggle, sniglet, snip, snipe, snipefish, snipe fly, sniper, sniperscope Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for snipWe had a little goose that was laying golden eggs, and they told us to snip its head off. David Lynch on Transcendental Meditation, ‘Twin Peaks,’ and Collaborating With Kanye West|Marlow Stern|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Snip an' I'll stay here; an' if we get sleepy, what's to hinder our takin' a nap on the couch? Aunt Hannah and Seth|James Otis Would the old mair never whinner joyfully at my appearance, or Snip bark a welcome? Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife|Marietta Holley One imagined things floating in it; even that it might tinkle to the snip of a finger nail, like a crystal rim. Down the Columbia|Lewis R. Freeman
“Why, Snip and Snap,” said Maisie eagerly, still holding back. Black, White and Gray|Amy Walton "If he knows enough to figger it out, or to let Snip have his head," said Curly. When A Man's A Man|Harold Bell Wright
British Dictionary definitions for snip
verb snips, snipping or snippedto cut or clip with a small quick stroke or a succession of small quick strokes, esp with scissors or shears nounthe act of snipping the sound of scissors or shears closing Also called: snipping a small piece of anything, esp one that has been snipped off a small cut made by snipping mainly British an informal word for bargain informal something easily done; cinch US and Canadian informal a small or insignificant person or thing, esp an irritating or insolent one interjection(often reiterated) a representation of the sound of scissors or shears closing Word Origin for snipC16: from Low German, Dutch snippen; related to Middle High German snipfen to snap the fingers Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to snipshred, shear, nip, cut, slice, trim, shorten, clip |