Snip

English

Verb

Snip (third-person singular simple present Snips, present participle snipping, simple past and past participle snipped)

1. To gently cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.

   I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.

2. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.

Noun

Snip (plural Snips)

1. The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
2. A low price, a bargain

   That wholesale lot on eBay was a snip at $10

3. A small amount of something; a pinch.
4. (definite, the snip, euphemisms) A vasectomy.

Thesaurus

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /snɪp/
• Homophone: SNP
• Rhymes: -ɪp

Translations

Verb

To gently cut off with short sharp actions

Finnish: leikata (fi), saksia (fi)

Noun

The act of snipping

Dutch: knip (nl) m. Finnish: leikkaaminen (fi)

A low price, a bargain

Finnish: hyvä kauppa

A small amount of something

Finnish: hitunen (fi), palanen (fi)

A euphemism for a vasectomy

Derived terms

• snipper
• snippy

Anagrams

• nips
• pins, PINs
• PSNI
• spin