snip
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snip
- /snɪp/
Sounds like SNP · Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.
verb snips · snipping · snipped
- To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors. I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.
- To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
- To break off; to snatch away. [T]he Captain ſeldom ordered any thing out of the Ship's Stores, […] but I ſnipt ſome of it for my own Share.
- To circumcise. Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped.
- To perform a vasectomy.
- To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
- To speak or say in a snippish manner. "No, Jo, it wasn't one bit crowded, there was room enought ^([sic]) for everyone," she burbled on. "And we were there, and all these other wymeen too, of all shapes, sizes, and colors..." "Hmpgh! Very politically correct!" Jo snipped.
noun snips
- The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
- A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
- A small amount of something; a pinch.
- A piece cut out by snipping. It was true about the fanmaking; the table and floor were littered with snips of paper.
- Something acquired for a low price; a bargain. That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.
- A vasectomy.
- A small or weak person, especially a young one. 'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!'
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Removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
His snips of my post included : […]
Similar: snippage, snippectomy, snipping
- An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
- An impertinent or mischievous person. Nor was the lady's establishment more fortunate in gaining the regard of the household. The maid was a verjuiced spinster, too old to love herself, and too ill-natured to look on. The footman was a regular snip […]
- A share or portion; a snack. His Third Query is a Frank Proposal, without any more ado, of taking all the Church Lands into the Crown; and Courteously he offers the Poor Cavaliers a Snip in the Booty
- A tailor. […] you fool, why did you let out that you were a snip?" "I am not ashamed of my trade.”
- A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
Translations
Talk about this word "snip." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/snip. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. snip. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/snip "snip." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/snip.Cite this
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title = {snip},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snip},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
