snip

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
2. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
3. To break off; to snatch away.
4. (informal) To circumcise.
5. (informal) To perform a vasectomy.
6. (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
7. To speak or say in a snippish manner.

Noun

1. The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
2. A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
3. A small amount of something; a pinch.
4. A piece cut out by snipping.
5. (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
6. (definite, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
7. (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
8. (onomatopoeic) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
9. (dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
10. (obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
11. (obsolete, slang) A tailor.
12. A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.

Sinonieme

clip

cut

trim

nip off

nip

bargain

snippet

snipping

clipping

pinch

crop

shear

cut back

snip off

snick

shred

mow

dress

👗

bit

lop

prune

scissor

trim off

pluck

reduce

resect

retrench

scintilla

sever

shearing

slice

slit

smattering

snapped

spay

speck

spot

sprinkling

stab

t

tailor

tease

tincture

pare down

traverse

trimming

become detached

cut to

cut with scissors

operate on

Vertalings

tijeretazo

Schnitt

recorte

cortar

schnippeln

recorte

knippen

cortar

tagliare

d’un coup

afknippen

stukje

podar

schnippelst

απόκομμα

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/snɪp/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.