snip

IPA: snˈɪp

noun

  • The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
  • A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
  • A small amount of something; a pinch.
  • A piece cut out by snipping.
  • (informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
  • (definite, the snip, euphemistic) A vasectomy.
  • (informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.
  • (onomatopoeia) An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
  • (dated) An impertinent or mischievous person.
  • (obsolete) A share or portion; a snack.
  • (obsolete, slang) A tailor.
  • A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.

verb

  • To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
  • To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
  • To break off; to snatch away.
  • (informal) To circumcise.
  • (Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
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Examples of "snip" in Sentences

  • Here is a snip from the part devoted to shock auteur Jim Powers:
  • Over here the snip is pretty much only done for religious reasons.
  • Here's a snip from the latest post on Kevin Kelly's Technium blog:
  • And here's a snip from the aforementioned HuffPo piece by Sam Stein:
  • She snipped three roses with astonishing swiftness, -- _snip, snip, snip_!
  • And snip from a related article by Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides on Wired News:
  • Here's a snip from a news article that describes her with the derogatory term "hermaphrodite":
  • Over at NYT finance correspondent Floyd Norris 'excellent blog, a snip from a terrifying report out today from The Levy Forecasting Center at Bard College.
  • Here's a snip from a feature in New York Magazine about freaked-out workers on Wall Street who gazed into the abyss with a closer view than the rest of us, and made survival plans:
  • Just spotted on Twitter (search: mumbai or #mumbai) and via chat sessions here in the Boing Boing tv studio: Attacks in Bombay (NYT), and here's a snip from the Times of India report:

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