snip

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Verb

1. To cut with short sharp actions, as with [[scissors]].
2. To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
3. To break off; to snatch away.
4. {{lb|en|informal}} To [[circumcise]].
5. {{lb|en|informal}} To [[perform]] a [[vasectomy]].
6. {{lb|en|Internet}} To remove the [[irrelevant]] parts of [[quotation]]s in the reply [[message]].
7. To speak or say in a [[snippish]] manner.

Noun

1. The act of [[snipping]]; [[cutting]] a small amount off of something.
2. A single [[cut]] with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
3. A small amount of something; a [[pinch]].
4. A piece cut out by snipping.
5. {{lb|en|informal}} Something acquired for a low price; a [[bargain]].
6. {{lb|en|definite|'''''the snip'''''|euphemistic}} A [[vasectomy]].
7. {{lb|en|informal}} A small or weak person, especially a young one.
8. {{lb|en|Internet}} [[removal|Removal]] of the [[irrelevant]] parts of [[quotation]]s in the reply [[message]].
9. {{lb|en|onomatopoeia}} An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by [[scissors]].
10. {{lb|en|dated}} An [[impertinent]] or [[mischievous]] person.
11. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[share]] or [[portion]]; a [[snack]].
12. {{lb|en|obsolete|slang}} A [[tailor]].

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