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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.
2.
a. A small cut made with scissors or shears.
b. A small piece cut or clipped off.
c. A bit or scrap: snips of information about the merger.
3. Informal
a. One that is small or slight in size or stature.
b. 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.]
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snip
(snɪp)vb, snips, snipping or snipped
to cut or clip with a small quick stroke or a succession of small quick strokes, esp with scissors or shears
n
1. the act of snipping
2. the sound of scissors or shears closing
3. Also called: snipping a small piece of anything, esp one that has been snipped off
4. a small cut made by snipping
5. chiefly Brit an informal word for bargain
6. informal something easily done; cinch
7. informal US and Canadian a small or insignificant person or thing, esp an irritating or insolent one
interj
(often reiterated) a representation of the sound of scissors or shears closing
[C16: from Low German, Dutch snippen; related to Middle High German snipfen to snap the fingers]
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snip
(snɪp)v. snipped, snip•ping,
n. v.t.
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 if by cutting in this manner: to snip a rose.
v.i. 3. to cut with small, quick strokes.
n. 4. the act of snipping, as with scissors.
5. a small cut made by snipping.
6. a small piece snipped off.
7. any small piece; bit.
8. Informal.
a. a small or insignificant person.
b. a presumptuous or impertinent person.
[1550–60; orig. uncertain; compare Dutch, Low German snippen to snip, catch, clip]
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snip
Past participle: snipped
Gerund: snipping
| Imperative |
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| snip |
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| Noun | 1. |  snip - a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence" |
| 2. | snip - the act of clipping or snipping cutting off, cutting, cut - the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends; "the barber gave him a good cut" pinch - a small sharp bite or snip | |
| Verb | 1. | snip - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" |
| 2. |  snip - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden"thin out - make sparse; "thin out the young plants" shear - cut with shears; "shear hedges" disbud - thin out buds to improve the quality of the remaining flowers |
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snip
verb
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Translations
شَرْوَةٌ رَخيصَهقُصاصَهقُصاصه من الوَرَق أو الثِّيابيَقُصُّ بِحِدَّةٍ وسُرْعَه
odstřižkystřihnutíustřihnoutvýhodná koupě
et godt købklipklippe
jó üzletlemetszett darablenyisszantásnyisszant
afklippakjarakaupklippaòaî aî klippa
čekštelėjimasčekštelėtisandorisskiautė
atgriezumigrieziensgrieztizdevīgs pirkumsšņāpiens
odstrižokstrihnutievýhodná kúpa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
snip
[ˈsnɪp] n
(= bargain) → bonne affaire f
The ring was a snip at twenty-five pounds → La bague était une bonne affaire, elle ne coûtait que vingt-cinq livres.
The ring was a snip at twenty-five pounds → La bague était une bonne affaire, elle ne coûtait que vingt-cinq livres.
the snip (= vasectomy) → une vasectomie
to have the snip → se faire faire une vasectomie
He's had the snip → Il s'est fait faire une vasectomie.
to have the snip → se faire faire une vasectomie
He's had the snip → Il s'est fait faire une vasectomie.
vt → couper
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
snip
n
(of cloth) → Stück nt; (of paper) → Schnipsel m, → Schnippel m or nt (inf); (from newspaper) → Ausschnitt m
(esp Brit inf: = bargain) → Geschäft nt, → günstiger Kauf; at only £2 it’s a real snip → für nur £ 2 ist es unheimlich günstig
(US inf: = insignificant person) → Würstchen nt (pej inf)
vi to snip at → schnippeln an (+dat) (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
snip
[snɪp]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
snip
(snip) – past tense, past participle snipped – verb to cut sharply, especially with a single quick action, with scissors etc. I snipped off two inches of thread.
noun1. a cut with scissors. With a snip of her scissors she cut a hole in the cloth.
2. a small piece cut off. The floor was covered in snips of paper.
3. a bargain. It's a snip at $3!
ˈsnippet (-pit) noun a little piece, especially of information, gossip etc. a snippet of news.
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