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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Snip \Snip\, n.
     1. A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip. --Shak.
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     2. A small shred; a bit cut off. --Wiseman.
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     3. A share; a snack. [Obs.] --L'Estrange
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     4. A tailor. [Slang] --Nares. C. Kingsley.
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     5. Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Snip \Snip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Snipping.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.]
     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.
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           Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my
           parents from those vicious excrescences to which that
           age was subject.                         --Fuller.
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           The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's
           stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share.
                                                    --De Foe.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Snip \Snip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snipped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Snipping.] [D. snippen; akin to G. schnippen.]
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Snip \Snip\, n.
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  snip
       n 1: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been
            snipped off) [syn: snippet, snipping]
       2: the act of clipping or snipping [syn: clip, clipping]
       v 1: sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the
            flowers" [syn: nip, nip off, clip, snip off]
       2: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the
          plants in the garden" [syn: clip, crop, trim, lop,
           dress, prune, cut back]
       [also: snipping, snipped]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  snip
     n.
     1 The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
     2 A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
     3 A small amount of something; a pinch.
     4 A piece cut out by snipping.
     vb.
     1 To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
     2 To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
     3 To break off; to snatch away.
     4 (lb en informal) To circumcise.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  snip
     n.
     1 The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
     2 A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
     3 A small amount of something; a pinch.
     4 A piece cut out by snipping.
     vb.
     1 To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
     2 To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
     3 To break off; to snatch away.
     4 (lb en informal) To circumcise.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  snip
     n.
     1 The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
     2 A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
     3 A small amount of something; a pinch.
     4 A piece cut out by snipping.
     vb.
     1 To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
     2 To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
     3 To break off; to snatch away.
     4 (lb en informal) To circumcise.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  snip
     n.
     1 The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
     2 A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
     3 A small amount of something; a pinch.
     4 A piece cut out by snipping.
     vb.
     1 To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
     2 To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
     3 To break off; to snatch away.
     4 (lb en informal) To circumcise.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Snip /snˈɪp/
  القصاصة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  snip //snɪp// 
  1. изрезка, парче
  a small amount of something
  2. рязане
  the act of snipping

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  snip //snɪp// 
  режа с ножица
  to cut with short sharp actions