SNIPPED Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

snipped

verb

past tense of snip

as in shaved

to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument snipped the loose ends

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Recent Examples of snipped The post was private but was snipped and disseminated on social media before it was deleted less than an hour later. — Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 The rest of the video cuts to the pro getting his shaggy platinum blonde hair snipped and shaved down to a shorter look by the reality star, who laughs multiple times while taking charge of Appleton’s transformation. — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026 Harvest Flowers in the Morning or Evening Prepping sunflowers for a vase starts the moment they’re snipped from the garden. — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2026 Potatoes and green beans snipped by Stover that morning complete the entrée, which is followed by slices of Kitschen Bakery pie filled with fruits sourced from nearby farms. — Midwest Living, 6 July 2026 The promotion also snipped bantamweight veteran Cameron Smotherman, who is unfortunately best known for his viral collapse at a weigh-in in January. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026 Little spiderettes appear at the ends of trailing stems, and these can be snipped and used to grow new spider plants. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 Most snipped small bits from her skirt and sweater, but in one notorious rendition in New York, preserved on film, a man gleefully hacked off the torso portion of her slip, then sliced the straps of her bra, leaving her to draw her arms protectively around her breasts. — Julie L. Belcove, Architectural Digest, 12 June 2026 Levine said the deposition was cynically used by opposing lawyers, who snipped a small portion of a long deposition to paint a disingenuous narrative. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipped

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People with very hairy chests might need enough hair shaved off to allow the pad to stick.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Even in southern locations, more than 40 minutes is expected to be shaved off daytime, according to AccuWeather.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of shaved

Verb

Lopez tossed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Carlos Hernandez to cut Miami’s lead to 11 points.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
The decline raises the prospect of an interest rate cut by the central bank at next week’s monetary policy committee meeting, the penultimate one for this year.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut

Verb

His short-form video content and public appearances produced a plethora of footage that could easily be clipped, repurposed and remixed, into preexisting memes and trending audios.

— Rachel Hale, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Majumdar recalls how a screen in the machine would cycle through four 10-minute videos of the staple from the 90’s and early 2000’s, each made up of several different scenes clipped together.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of clipped

Verb

Washington’s offense had started to find a rhythm and had just trimmed the Eagles’ lead to 17-16.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Chicago lost its fourth straight game and had its AL Central lead trimmed to one half game over Cleveland, which beat Minnesota 5-2.

— CBS News, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2026