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SNIP
clip, clipping, snip
(noun) the act of clipping or snipping
snip, snippet, snipping
(noun) a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
(verb) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; “dress the plants in the garden”
nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
(verb) sever or remove by pinching or snipping; “nip off the flowers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
snip (third-person singular simple present snips, present participle snipping, simple past and past participle snipped)
To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
To break off; to snatch away.
(informal) To circumcise.
(internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
Noun
snip (plural snips)
The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
A small amount of something; a pinch.
(definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
A small or weak person, especially a young one.
(dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
(obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
(obsolete, slang) A tailor.
Anagrams
• Insp, NIPs, NPIs, Nips, PINs, PSNI, nips, pins, spin
Source: Wiktionary
Snip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Snipping.] Etym: [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.]
Definition: To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away. Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. Fuller. The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share. De Foe.
Snip, n.
1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. Shak.
2. A small shred; a bit cut off. Wiseman.
3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] L'Estrange
4. A tailor. [Slang] Nares. C. Kingsley.
5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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