snip

(Английский)

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.

Произносится как (IPA)

/snɪp/

Этимология (Английский)

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

Синонимы

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