snip /snɪp/noun 13verb 7forms 3phrases 1 noun13 •A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool. •(informal) Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10. •The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something. •An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors. •(Internet) Removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.His snips of my post included : […] — 2002 •A piece cut out by snipping.It was true about the fanmaking; the table and floor were littered with snips of paper. — 1967 •(euphemistic) A vasectomy. •A small amount of something; a pinch. •A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils. •(informal) A small or weak person, especially a young one.'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!' — 2010 •(old-fashioned) An impertinent or mischievous person. •(no longer used) A share or portion; a snack.His Third Query is a Frank Proposal, without any more ado, of taking all the Church Lands into the Crown; and Courteously he offers the Poor Cavaliers a Snip in the Booty — 1680 •(slang, no longer used) A tailor.[…] you fool, why did you let out that you were a snip?" "I am not ashamed of my trade.” — 1850 verb7 •To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off. •(Internet) To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message. •(informal) To perform a vasectomy. •(informal) To circumcise.His children, however, were not snipped, possibly because Princess Diana was opposed to the practice, which is out of fashion in England. — 2008 •To speak or say in a snippish manner. •To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip. •To break off; to snatch away.[T]he Captain seldom ordered any thing out of the Ship's Stores, […] but I snipt some of it for my own Share. — 1720 formssnipped · snipping · snips Phrases with snip snip-snapA sharp snapping sound.
