snip
pronunciation
How to pronounce snip in British English:
UK [snɪp]
How to pronounce snip in American English:
US [snɪp]
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- Noun:
- a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
- the act of clipping or snipping
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- Verb:
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
Word Origin
- snip (n.)
- 1550s, "small piece of cut-out cloth," probably from Dutch or Low German snippen "to snip, shred," of imitative origin. Meaning "cut made by scissors" is from 1590s. As a nickname or cant word for a tailor, 1590s. Snip-snap-snorum, the card game, is 1755, from Low German.
- snip (v.)
- "to cut at one light, quick stroke," 1580s, from snip (n.). Related: Snipped; snipping.
Example
- 1. Snip off the end of the tube .
- 2. I 'll snip your little nuts offwith my toenail clippers .
- 3. And snip a nerve somewhere near your spine .
- 4. I asked the hairdresser just to snip the ends of my hair .
- 5. Barber : it isn 't that . Sometimes I snip off a bit of a customer 's ear .