Thesaurus: snip

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1. 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.
2. n. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
3. n. A small shred; a bit cut off.
4. n. A share; a snack.
5. n. A tailor.
6. n. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
7. n. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
8. n. the act of clipping or snipping
9. v. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
10. v. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
11. 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. Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. Fuller. The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share. De Foe. 1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. Shak. 2. A small shred; a bit cut off. Wiseman. 3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] L'Estrange 4. A tailor. [Slang] Nares. C. Kingsley. 5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
12. To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shearsor scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; tosnatch away.Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents fromthose vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. Fuller.The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . .but I snipped some of it for my own share. De Foe.