snip

Εννοια (English)

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. 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. A vasectomy.
7. (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
8. An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
9. 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.

Synonyms

clip

cut

trim

nip off

nip

bargain

snippet

snipping

clipping

pinch

crop

shear

cut back

snip off

snick

shred

mow

dress

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bit

lop

prune

scissor

trim off

pluck

reduce

resect

retrench

scintilla

sever

shearing

slice

slit

smattering

snapped

spay

speck

spot

sprinkling

stab

t

t

tailor

tease

tincture

pare down

traverse

trimming

become detached

cut to

cut with scissors

operate on

slice up

atomic

pinch back

break

carve

certainty

cross

cut away

cut off

cut out

cutting

dab

edit

edit out

finger

fix

fragment

grain

handcuff

jab

jot

little bit

morsel

pare

pierce

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/snɪp/

Ετυμολογία (English)

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