verbWord forms: snips, snipping or snipped1. to cut or clip with a small quick stroke or a succession of small quick strokes, esp with scissors or shears
noun3. the sound of scissors or shears closing
4. Also called: snipping a small piece of anything, esp one that has been snipped off
5. a small cut made by snipping
6. mainly British an informal word for bargain
7. informal something easily done; cinch
8. US and Canadian informal a small or insignificant person or thing, esp an irritating or insolent one
exclamation9. (often reiterated) a representation of the sound of scissors or shears closing
Word origin
C16: from Low German, Dutch
snippen; related to Middle High German
snipfen to snap the fingers