Verb: snip (snipped,snipping) snip
- Cut or sever by pinching or cutting with small strokes of scissors, pruning shears, etc.
"snip off the flowers";
- nip, nip off, clip, snip off
- Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"snip the plants in the garden";
- clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
- The act of clipping or snipping
"With a quick snip, she trimmed the loose thread from her shirt";
- clip
- A small piece of anything, especially a piece that has been snipped off
"The magazine article included snips of interviews with local residents";
- snippet, snipping
- [Brit] An advantageous purchase
"she got a snip at the auction";
- bargain, buy, steal
Derived forms: snipping, snips, snipped
Type of: cut, cutting, piece, purchase, thin out
Encyclopedia: Snip, Snap, Snorum