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1. A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
   - snip, snippet

1. 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
    
2. Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
   "snip the plants in the garden";
   - clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back

Derived forms: snippings

Type of: cut, piece, thin out

Encyclopedia: Snipping