snip
verb /snɪp/
/snɪp/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they snip | /snɪp/ /snɪp/ |
| he / she / it snips | /snɪps/ /snɪps/ |
| past simple snipped | /snɪpt/ /snɪpt/ |
| past participle snipped | /snɪpt/ /snɪpt/ |
| -ing form snipping | /ˈsnɪpɪŋ/ /ˈsnɪpɪŋ/ |
- to cut something with scissors using short quick movements
- snip something Snip a tiny hole in the paper.
- snip (at/through something) She snipped at the loose threads hanging down.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘a shred’): from Low German snip ‘small piece’, of imitative origin.