snip

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The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something
To gently cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors

I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.

A small amount of something; a pinch
A vasectomy
To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip
A low price, a bargain

That wholesale lot on eBay was a snip at $10.

{n} a single cut, small shred, share, snack, part
{v} to cut, to cut at once with scissors
To gently cut off with short sharp actions (usually with scissors)
A euphemism for a vasectomy
If you say that something is a snip, you mean that it is very good value. The beautifully made briefcase is a snip at £74.25. = bargain. to cut something by making quick cuts with scissors
Cut into very small pieces without any chopping action, using scissors
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
{f} cut with scissors; clip, cut off
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
{i} cutting with scissors; small cut made with scissors; small piece that has been cut off; little bit; young or insignificant person (Informal); disrespectful person (Informal); something easily obtained; bargain, good buy (British Slang)
A small shred; a bit cut off
A tailor
sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden
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a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal
A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip
This is a white marking between the nostrils
the act of clipping or snipping
To cut quickly with scissors into fine pieces
A share; a snack
If you snip something, or if you snip at or through something, you cut it quickly using sharp scissors. He has now begun to snip away at the piece of paper He snipped a length of new bandage and placed it around Peter's chest
snip off
sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
tin snip
Tin snips are tools used to cut thin sheet metal. They use the same principles as common scissors, but are able to handle thicker and harder material. There are three different types of tin snips; straight cutting, left cutting, and right cutting. Straight cutting in a straight line, left cutting snips (usually red) will cut in a curve to the left, and right cutting snips (usually green) will cut in a curve to the right
snipped
past of snip
snipper
A tool used for snipping
snipper
Agent noun of to snip; a person or thing that snips
snipper
One who snips
snipper
{i} one who cuts with shears or scissors
snippers
plural of snipper
snipping
present participle of snip
snipping
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
snips
(plural) hand shears for cutting sheet metal
snips
third-person singular of snip
snips
plural of snip
snips
{i} hand shears for cutting sheet metal
tinner snip
metal shears used for cutting tin
snip
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