Snip

v. t.	1.	To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away. [imp. & p. p. Snipped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Snipping.] Curbed and snipped in my younger years by fear of my parents from those vicious excrescences to which that age was subject. - Fuller. The captain seldom ordered anything out of the ship's stores . . . but I snipped some of it for my own share. - De Foe.
n.	1.	A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
	2.	A small shred; a bit cut off.
	3.	A share; a snack.
	4.	A tailor.
	5.	Small hand shears for cutting sheet metal.

Noun	1.	snip - a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) Synonyms: snippet, snipping
	2.	snip - the act of clipping or snipping Synonyms: clipping, clip
Verb	1.	snip - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers" Synonyms: clip, nip off, snip off, nip
	2.	snip - cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of; "dress the plants in the garden" Synonyms: prune, lop, cut back, clip, crop, trim, dress

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