snip-snap

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snip-snap

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Reduplication of snap.

verb snip-snaps · snip-snapping · snip-snapped

  1. To shut, close, bite, etc., with a brisk snap. He had picked a small section of scrub behind his shanty which the lagoon below cut into paintable patterns, and with easel snip-snapped up and palette set, was going through the essential preliminary of peering at it[.]

noun snip-snaps

  1. A sharp snapping sound.
  2. idiomatic A tart dialogue with quick replies. snip-snap short, and interruption smart

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@misc{snip_snap_2026,
  title = {snip-snap},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snip-snap},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}