Definitions of snip [ɪp]

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Definition of 'snip'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) snip
to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.

2.  snip
to remove or cut off (something) by or as if by cutting in this manner:
to snip a rose.

3. (v.i.) snip
to cut with small, quick strokes.

4. (n.) snip
the act of snipping, as with scissors.

5.  snip
a small cut made by snipping.

6.  snip
a small piece snipped off.

7.  snip
any small piece; bit.

8.  snip
Informal.

9.  snip
a small or insignificant person.

10.  snip
a presumptuous or impertinent person.

Etymology: (1550–60; orig. uncert.; cf. D, LG snippen to snip, catch, clip)

Definition of 'snip'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (verb) clip, clipping, snip
the act of clipping or snipping

3. (verb) nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
sever or remove by pinching or snipping
"nip off the flowers"

4. (verb) snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut back
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
"dress the plants in the garden"

Definition of 'snip'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) snip
to cut with quick small cuts of a pair of scissors
Snip the ends off the asparagus.

Definition of 'snip'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) snip
a single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip

2. (noun) snip
a small shred; a bit cut off

3. (noun) snip
a share; a snack

4. (noun) snip
a tailor

5. (noun) snip
small hand shears for cutting sheet metal

6. (verb) 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

Translation of 'snip'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to cut sharply, especially with a single quick action, with scissors etc I snipped off two inches of thread.
Afrikaans: afknip	Arabic: يَقُصُّ بِحِدَّةٍ وسُرْعَ	Bulgarian: клъцвам
Brazilian: cortar	Czech: ustřihnout	German: schnipseln
Danish: klippe	Greek: ψαλιδίζω, κόβω με το ψαλί	Spanish: tijeretear
Estonian: (kääridega) lõikama	Farsi: با قیچی بریدن	Finnish: nipsauttaa
French: couper (à coups de ciseau	Hebrew: לִגזוֹר	Hindi: कतरना, तराशना, काटना
Croatian: strići, rezati škarama	Hungarian: nyisszant	Indonesian: memotong
Icelandic: klippa	Italian: tagliare	Japanese: ちょきんと切る
Korean: 싹둑 자르다	Lithuanian: (at)kirpti,čekštelėti	Latvian: griezt (aršķērēm)
Malay: memotong	Dutch: knippen	Norwegian: klippe, knipe
Polish: ciachnąć, odciąć	Persian: با قیچی بریدن	Pashto: غوڅول، پرې كول څپره. درز:
Portuguese: cortar	Romanian: a tăia (cu foarfecele)	Russian: отрезать
Slovak: odstrihnúť	Slovenian: odrezati	Serbian: odrezati
Swedish: klippa, knipsa	Thai: ตัดหรือเล็มด้วยกรรไกร	Turkish: (makasla 'kırt' diye) kes
Taiwanese: 剪斷	Ukrainian: різати	Urdu: قطع کرنا
Vietnamese: cắt bằng kéo	Chinese: 剪断
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