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snip

  [snip] verb, snipped, snip⋅ping, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like.
2. to remove or cut off (something) by or as by cutting in this manner: to snip a rose.
–verb (used without object)
3. to cut with small, quick strokes.
–noun
4. the act of snipping, as with scissors.
5. a small cut made by snipping.
6. a small piece snipped off.
7. a small piece, bit, or amount of anything: a snip of food.
8. Informal. a small or insignificant person.
9. Informal. a presumptuous or impertinent person.
10. snips, small, strong hand shears used by sheet metal workers.
11. British Informal. a bargain.
Origin:
1550–60; orig. uncert.; cf. D, LG snippen to snip, catch, clip
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snip   (snĭp)   
v.   snipped, snip·ping, snips

v.   tr.
To cut, clip, or separate (something) with short, quick strokes.
v.   intr.
To cut or clip with short, quick strokes.
n.  

  1. An instance of snipping or the sound produced by snipping.

    1. A small cut made with scissors or shears.

    2. A small piece cut or clipped off.

    3. A bit or scrap: snips of information about the merger.

    4. One that is small or slight in size or stature.

    5. A person regarded as impertinent or mischievous.

  3. Informal

    1. One that is small or slight in size or stature.

    2. A person regarded as impertinent or mischievous.

  4. snips (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Hand shears used in cutting sheet metal.

  5. Slang Something easily accomplished.


[Dutch or Low German snippen.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

snip 
1558, "small piece of cut-out cloth," probably from Du. or Low Ger. snippen "to snip, shred," of imitative origin. The verb is attested from 1586. Snippers "scissors" is from 1593. Snippy is 1727 with the meaning "parsimonious;" the sense of "fault-finding, sharp" is first recorded 1848. Snip-snap-snorum, the card game, is 1755, from Low Ger.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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