snipping

verb

present participle of snip
as in shaving
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument snipped the loose ends

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Recent Examples of snipping The janitor resumed steadily snipping the bushes with her shears. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Start by snipping the oldest leaves, and let the newer ones continue to grow. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026 Harvest sage by snipping one leaf at a time with scissors or cutting off an entire stem just above a node. — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2026 Keep the blooms looking fresh as long as possible by snipping away the leaves. — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 6 July 2026 So don't be shy about snipping off leaves for your projects. — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 15 May 2026 Police are searching for a straphanger suspected of unbolting a door switch from a inside a downtown C train Monday evening, snipping the wires and then absconding with the train part, sources tell the Daily News. — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026 Nguyen’s striking direction in the scenes in which Kristen faces her future in the hospital elevates the maudlin material, especially after Kristen makes the choice to lose a leg in the hopes of snipping the cancer in the bud. — Marya E. Gates, IndieWire, 13 May 2026 Its DuoScrub rotary mops apply downward pressure to erase stains, while a specialized hair-snipping brush eliminates manual detangling. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snipping
  1. shaving
  2. cutting
  3. trimming
  4. clipping
Verb
  • Like almost winning a race, almost shaving a second off my time for the 3200m run, my event in high school, the one that got me into college, a recruit for someone else to gamble on.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The point-shaving scheme resulted in more than $3 million in fraudulent wagers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of shaving
Verb
  • Leslie took issue with a recent stunt Kennedy had pulled at the hospital, which involved making a surprise appearance for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open his signature vaccine injury clinic.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images American Express is cutting thousands of employees as the leading credit card company prepares for artificial intelligence to take over more of its internal processes.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cutting
Verb
  • The younger Bolsonaro's other proposals include trimming the size of the Brazilian state to boost economic growth.
    — Carrie Kahn, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
  • But new technologies are opening the door to transition a portion of the inputs from petrochemicals to plants, trimming the environmental impact of these fibers.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of trimming
Verb
  • Not your average road dog, Berlant only recently began taking a notebook onstage and clipping her work for social media.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But Jodar sealed the victory on his own serve, clipping a forehand winner down the line after Medvedev's tame smash at the net sat up nicely for him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of clipping

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“Snipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snipping. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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