as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
snipped the loose ends
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as in speck
a very small piece
cleared out the snips of paper that had been clogging the machine
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as in steal
British
something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price
that antique urn that we bought at London's Portobello Road Market was a real snip
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Recent Examples of snip
Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 28 Apr. 2025
Pruning the wrong plants in summer can snip away flower buds and leave you with a bloom-less garden.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 3 Mar. 2025
After a few selective snips with scissors and some folding (think paper doll construction), a multilayered square can be assembled without tools.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2013
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Verb
What about snipping a rose that’s growing through your neighbor’s fence?
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 28 Apr. 2025
Pruning the wrong plants in summer can snip away flower buds and leave you with a bloom-less garden.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2025
Noun
And then, snip by snip, she was cut out of the frame of Renaissance art history.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 3 Mar. 2025
After a few selective snips with scissors and some folding (think paper doll construction), a multilayered square can be assembled without tools.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Jan. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snip
Verb
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Courtney's husband surprises their daughter after shaving his beard off.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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On those three days, just over a millisecond is expected to be shaved off the standard 24-hour day.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
Noun
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Serve them with slices of prosciutto or speck, sure.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2025
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Dishes such as beef stew with speck dumplings or Wienerschnitzel in butter breaded veal cutlet, with roasted potatoes and cranberry jam, are big favorites.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Clark, who missed the team’s first matchup against Bueckers and the Dallas Wings last month due to a groin injury, scored 14 points and had 13 assists and five steals in Sunday’s game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse — which is also the site of this weekend’s WNBA All-Star Game.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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The Huntsville, Alabama, product — who tallied 14 points, four rebounds, four assists and two steals in just over 20 minutes — was ruled out for the remainder of the game.—
Andy Theobald,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
Verb
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The chances the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in December are growing, according to Oxford Economics.—
Danny Bakst,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Every first without him will cut especially deep, but there will also be comfort to be gained from being back together at Kirkby.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
9 July 2025
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Episodes are often framed by Sarah Jessica Parker’s voiceover, in a callback to SATC’s quippy narration, reading snippets of the novel that mirror her character’s own life.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
11 July 2025
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People would be watching a regular movie and not realize that snippets of messages had been inserted into the film, flashing by at a rate so fast that the conscious perception cannot readily distinguish them.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Mitchell proved to be a revelation, as well as somewhat of a rotation bargain with his return on the two-year, $24 million free-agency agreement reached a week ago.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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Plenty of other retailers are offering discounts and bargains this week, including Walmart, REI, Target, Wayfair, Best Buy, and Home Depot.—
Simon Hill,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Well the bracket that is attached to the doorframe had the screws clipped short and then pushed back into the frame.—
Darlin Tillery,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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An eastbound tractor-trailer then clipped the blade, Allman said.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
Noun
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These particles include tiny bits of pollution from engines, heating systems, wildfires, and industrial activity But 2023 was a cautionary tale: wildfire smoke pushed the annual average back up to 8.7, a level not seen since the previous decade.—
Youssef Rafik,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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With Clarke coming into Casa, things just clicked a little bit more easily, and things gelled together with them more.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
12 July 2025
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“Snip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snip. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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