snip

¹snip

noun \ˈsnip\

Definition of SNIP

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 snipping

2

: a white or light mark; especially : a white spot between the nostrils of a horse

3

: a presumptuous or impertinent person; especially : an impertinent or saucy girl

4

British : bargain, buy

Examples of SNIP

1. <cleared out the snips of paper that had been clogging the machine>
2. <that antique urn that we bought at London's Portobello Road Market was a real snip>

Origin of SNIP

from or akin to Dutch & Low German snip; akin to Middle High German snipfen to snap the fingers

First Known Use: 1558

Related to SNIP

Synonyms: atom, crumb, dribble, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, nugget, particle, patch, scrap, scruple, bit, snippet, speck, tittle

Related Words: ace, dab, dash, driblet, drop, fraction, haet [chiefly Scottish], halfpenny, ha'penny, iota, jot, kenning [chiefly Scottish], lick, minim, mite, modicum, nutshell, ounce, pinch, shred, smatter, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), spot, strain, streak, suspicion, taste, touch, trace, whisper, whit; bite, mouthful, nibble, tidbit (also titbit); fragment, part, portion, section; chip, flake, shard, shiver, sliver, splinter; clipping, paring, shaving; smithereens

Near Antonyms: chunk, gob, hunk, lump, slab; abundance, barrel, bucket, bushel, deal, heaps, loads, mass, mountain, peck, pile, pot, profusion, quantity, raft, scads, stack, volume, wad, wealth

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Rhymes with SNIP

blip, chip, clip, dip, drip, flip, grip, grippe, gyp, hip, kip, lip, nip, pip, quip, rip, scrip, ship, sip, skip, slip, strip, tip, trip, whip, yip, zip