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Synonyms & Antonyms of snip
(Entry 1 of 2)
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
- snipped the loose ends
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snip
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of snip (Entry 2 of 2)
1
a very small piece
- cleared out the snips of paper that had been clogging the machine
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- 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
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2 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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- bargain,
- buy,
- deal,
- pennyworth,
- steal
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The first known use of snip was in 1558
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