snipping /ˈsnɪpɪŋ/ noun3 •The act by which something is snipped or cut.There was a time when all manner of snippings were made to keep Handel's operas within bounds. — 1993 •(Internet) Removal of the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.You have no conclusive facts, you only have the accusations of accusers, and the snippings of what I have said out of context and paraphrased according to your own fallen natures. — 2012 •A piece cut off; a clipping.One of them bit off his toe, others took snippings from his hair or tore off his nails and would have cut pieces from his flesh had they not been prevented. — 1975 formssnippings