snip
snip Lexical Profile
snip Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An act or sound of cutting something with a quick, small stroke of scissors or shears.
"With one quick snip of the shears, she removed the wilted rose from the stem."
A small piece, scrap, or fragment cut off from something larger.
"Snips of colorful ribbon and wrapping paper were scattered across the craft table."
Hand shears used for cutting sheet metal or wire (usually used in the plural).
"The roofer used a pair of heavy-duty tin snips to trim the aluminum flashing."
British Something that is surprisingly cheap or easy to achieve; a bargain.
"At only ten pounds, that vintage winter coat is an absolute snip."
• verb
To cut something with scissors or shears using short, quick strokes.
"The hairdresser carefully snipped the split ends off her hair."
• Rhymes for snip
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch 'snippen', which is of imitative origin, mimicking the sharp sound of scissors closing.