Synonyms of snipping

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shaving
• cutting
• trimming
• clipping
• pruning
• shearing
• mowing
• cropping
• paring
• nipping
• bobbing
• cutting back
• docking
• polling
• lopping (off)
• whittling
• pinching
• shortening
• manicuring
• curtailing
• skiving
• stumping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• lengthening
• elongating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snipping

Keep the blooms looking fresh as long as possible by snipping away the leaves. — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 6 July 2026

Cut off the flower head by snipping the stem just above the first set of large leaves, McEnaney says. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 June 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

One enzyme acts as a random chopper, snipping the long polymer chains into smaller pieces, while the other slowly chews these pieces into their monomer building units from each end. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 May 2026

This is easily accomplished by snipping the smaller ones (when a few inches tall) beneath the soil line instead of uprooting them, which could disturb the roots of the single seedling in each cluster. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 1 May 2026