snip
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Dutch snippen (“to snip; shred”) or Low German snippen (“to snip; shred”), of imitative origin. Compare snap.
Inflected forms:
form: snips
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: snipping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: snipped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: snipped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: snips
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors.
pos: verb
examples: I don't want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off.
gloss: To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip.
pos: verb
gloss: To break off; to snatch away.
pos: verb
examples: The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores […] but I snipt […]some of it for my own share.
gloss: To circumcise.
pos: verb
tags: informal
examples: Circumcised fathers face a special problem. Do you want your son's willy to be that radically different from your own? So, parents should perhaps not be put off. Be good to your son's future lovers and have him snipped.
His children, however, were not snipped, possibly because Princess Diana was opposed to the practice, which is out of fashion in England.
By the outbreak of the First World War such claims had diminished and the medical profession touted circumcision as being 'hygienic' — fathers were not only encouraged to have their newborn sons snipped, but to belatedly enjoy the benefits themselves.
gloss: To perform a vasectomy.
pos: verb
tags: informal
gloss: To remove the irrelevant parts of quotations in the reply message.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
gloss: To speak or say in a snippish manner.
pos: verb
examples: "No, Jo, it wasn't one bit crowded, there was room enought ^([sic]) for everyone," she burbled on. "And we were there, and all these other wymeen too, of all shapes, sizes, and colors..."
"Hmpgh! Very politically correct!" Jo snipped.
gloss: The act of snipping; cutting a small amount off of something.
pos: noun
gloss: A single cut with scissors, clippers, or similar tool.
pos: noun
gloss: A small amount of something; a pinch.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece cut out by snipping.
pos: noun
examples: It was true about the fanmaking; the table and floor were littered with snips of paper.
gloss: Something acquired for a low price; a bargain.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: That wholesale auction lot was a snip at $10.
gloss: A vasectomy.
pos: noun
tags: definite
euphemistic
gloss: A small or weak person, especially a young one.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: 'Might as well come out now, you little snip, from wherever you be hiding!'
gloss: An act or sound of snipping, the sound produced by scissors.
pos: noun
tags: onomatopoeic
gloss: An impertinent or mischievous person.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: 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 […]
gloss: A share or portion; a snack.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: 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
gloss: A tailor.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
slang
examples: […] you fool, why did you let out that you were a snip?"
"I am not ashamed of my trade.”
gloss: A white marking on a horse's muzzle, between the nostrils.
pos: noun
Derived words: resnip
snippable
snippage
snipper
snippy
snipt
snip-snap
sniplet
snippet
snippock
snippy snip
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