snipping
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snipping
- /ˈsnɪpɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪpɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of snip
noun snippings
- The act by which something is snipped or cut. There was a time when all manner of snippings were made to keep Handel's operas within bounds.
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Removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
I normally agree but Mikey has changed meaning of my comments numerous times by his snippings. I've had to go back and re-read my posts to find out what I did say and in what context because he is using words out of context.
Similar: snip, snippage, snippectomy
- A piece cut off; a clipping. One of them bit off his toe, others took snippings from his hair or tore off his nails and would have cut pieces from his flesh had they not been prevented.
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title = {snipping},
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