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Snip Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Snip? [n] the act of clipping or snipping [n] a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) [v] cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of"dress the plants in the garden" [v] sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Snip: clip \| clip \| clipping \| crop \| cut back \| dress \| lop \| nip \| nip off \| prune \| snip off \| snippet \| snipping \| trim Related Terms \| Find terms related to Snip: See Also \| cut \| cut \| cutting \| cutting off \| disbud \| piece \| pinch \| poll \| pollard \| shear \| thin out \| top Snip In Webster's Dictionary \Snip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snipped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snipping}.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.] 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.

Snip Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Snip?

[n] the act of clipping or snipping
[n] a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
[v] cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of"dress the plants in the garden"
[v] sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"

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Snip In Webster's Dictionary

\Snip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Snipped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snipping}.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.]
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.

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