To snip is to cut with short, quick strokes, the way you'd snip your bangs in the mirror, or snip off a loose thread hanging from your jacket.
To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
Noun
the act of clipping or snipping
Noun
a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Verb
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"
Verb
sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
v. t.
To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with
shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off;
to snatch away.
n.
A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
n.
A small shred; a bit cut off.
n.
A share; a snack.
n.
A tailor.
n.
Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
Snip
Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject.
The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share.
Snip
To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
Usage Examples
There's no regret. You can't regret. I mean, I've felt regret but I've also refused to allow regret to sow a seed and live in me because I don't believe it. You feel it, it's like guilt, it's like jealousy, it's like all those horrible things. You've just got to snip them and get them out, because they're no good.
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Other Usage ExamplesI don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
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