snip

  • 21snip — snip1 [ snıp ] verb transitive to cut something in a short quick movement using scissors snip snip 2 [ snıp ] noun count a small quick cut made with scissors …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 22snip — 1 noun (C) 1 a quick small cut with scissors 2 be a snip BrE informal to be surprisingly cheap: At 20 for a dozen, they re a snip. see cheap 1 2 verb (I, T) to cut something by making quick cuts with scissors: I hurriedly snipped the string and… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23snip — I. /snɪp / (say snip) verb (snipped, snipping) –verb (t) 1. to cut with a small, quick stroke, or a succession of such strokes, with scissors or the like. 2. to take off by, or as by, cutting thus. 3. Colloquial to borrow or get money from: can I …

  • 24snip — 1. verb /snɪp/ a) To gently cut with short sharp actions, as with scissors. I dont want you to take much hair off; just snip my mullet off. b) To reduce the price of a product, to create a snip. 2. noun /snɪp/ a) The act of snipping; …

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  • 25snip — [[t]snɪp[/t]] v. snipped, snip•ping, n. 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[/ex] 3) to cut with …

    From formal English to slang

  • 26snip — n a small, insignificant and/or irritating person. The word usually implies aggression and pettiness. It is derived from the notion of snip meaning to cut. some little snip throwing her weight around …

    Contemporary slang

  • 27šnip — šnìp interj. kartojant 1. nusakomas uostymas: Šnìp šnìp ir uosto, a nesmirda DūnŽ. 2. Ad nusakomas verkimas, šniukšėjimas: Kiškelis verkė: šnip šnip LLDI223 …

    Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

  • 28snip — I. noun Etymology: from or akin to Dutch & Low German snip; akin to Middle High German snipfen to snap the fingers Date: 1558 1. a. a small piece that is snipped off; also fragment, bit b. a cut or notch made by snipping c. an act or sound of… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 29SNiP — Mit Einzelnukleotid Polymorphismen (SNP, engl. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism; sprich: Snip) werden Variationen von einzelnen Basenpaaren in einem DNA Strang bezeichnet. Die Definition, dass SNPs bei mindestens 1 % der jeweiligen Population… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 30snip —    avasectomy    Medical jargon which has passed into standard use. (The Kent trading standards officer, dealing with a complaint that a surgeon s fee for a vasectomy was too high, dismissed the charge, remarking that it was a snip, for which he… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms