About The Word Snip
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Snip
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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. |
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