Snip

Definitions

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. Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
   informal
6. A vasectomy.
   definite, euphemistic
7. A small or weak person, especially a young one.
   informal
8. An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
   onomatopoeic
9. An impertinent or mischievous person.
   dated
10. A share or portion; a snack.
    obsolete
11. A tailor.
    obsolete, slang
12. A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.

Equivalents

14 more languages

العربيةالقصاصة

Българскипарче

Bosanskizačпарче

Češtinaternoustřihnout

Suomihitunenleikataleikkaaminennapsnipsahdusnipsauspalanensaksia+ 5 more

Hrvatskizačпарче

Íslenskasnifsi

Italianozac

Kurdîtac

Nederlandsknip

Polskiciachaćciachnąć

Românătac

Српскиzačпарче

Svenskasnopp

Examples

“It was true about the fanmaking; the table and floor were littered with snips of paper.”

“That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.”

“'Might as well come⟳ out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!'”

“Nor was the lady's establishment more fortunate in gaining the regard of the household. The maid was a verjuiced spinster, too old to love⟳ herself, and too ill-natured to look⟳ on. The footman was a regular snip […]”

“His Third Query is a Frank Proposal, without any more ado, of taking all the Church Lands into the Crown; and Courteously he offers the Poor Cavaliers a Snip in the Booty”

“[…] you fool, why did you let⟳ out that you were a snip?" "I am not ashamed of my trade⟳.””

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